Single source · Spain
Peñaclara
Torrecilla en Cameros, La Rioja
La Rioja bottles its own from a century-old spring at Torrecilla en Cameros. A firmer calcium water carrying a real sulfate streak.
Mineral analysis
TDS672mg/L total dissolved solids
Still, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a dry, mineral finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium30.6 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium12.8 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- firm mineral body
- chalk over gypsum
- dry lingering finish
Peñaclara is a still water from Spain with 672 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 139 mg/L calcium, 30.6 mg/L magnesium and 12.8 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
A touch sweet · closest in profile to Vittel.
Type · The Personal Trainer
Find it in: Low sodium · Full body · Dry finish
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Common questions
- What does Peñaclara taste like?
- Peñaclara is a still water, full-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a dry, mineral finish. It belongs to the Personal Trainer type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run firm mineral body, chalk over gypsum and dry lingering finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Peñaclara good for you?
- Peñaclara is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 672 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 12.8 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Peñaclara?
- Peñaclara carries calcium 139, magnesium 30.6, sodium 12.8 and potassium 1.2 mg/L over bicarbonate 222, sulfate 323 and chloride 13.4 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with sulfate the main anion, at 672 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Peñaclara?
- Peñaclara carries 12.8 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Peñaclara hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Peñaclara works out to 470 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as very hard water. That is genuinely hard water, chalky on the tongue and quick to scale a kettle.
- Is Peñaclara alkaline or acidic?
- Peñaclara sits at pH 7.75, just over neutral, so faintly alkaline rather than a true high-pH water. On the palate that reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Peñaclara still or sparkling?
- Peñaclara is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Peñaclara come from?
- Peñaclara comes from Torrecilla en Cameros, La Rioja in Spain, a single source.