5 editor-picked estates growing Doña Blanca in Bierzo.
Where to taste Doña Blanca in Bierzo: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Bordeaux-trained Grégory Pérez works 12 hectares from a cellar at San Juan de Carracedo, with Espanillo parcels above 600 metres and Godello and Mencía plots at Arganza.
Signature wines: estaladina, la-grande-cuvee, el-rebolon, mencia-de-espanillo, mengoba-las-botas, mengoba-godello-viejo
Built in 2009 by the García Rodríguez family on the old N-VI at Pieros, drawing on about 50 hectares spread across several zones of the denomination.
Tasting: Enoturismo visits and tastings at the Pieros cellar, booked by telephone or email.
Signature wines: godelia-godello, godelia-mencia, godelia-seleccion-mencia, libamus, godelia-extra-brut-gran-reserva
Villadecanes bodega on Calle San Pedro bottling the Viña Migarrón and Campo Redondo ranges from Mencía, Godello and Doña Blanca.
Signature wines: vina-migarron-crianza, campo-redondo-godello, campo-redondo-tinto-roble, vina-migarron-rosado, vina-migarron-blanco
Purpose-built visitor bodega at Pieros running two tiers of tasting, a Godello varietal session and a longer Mencía visit that starts in the Castro de la Ventosa vines.
Numbered single-parcel wines from two family vineyards above Villafranca, restarted in 2015 with 900 bottles of Garnacha Tintorera.
Tip: The numbered bottlings are single parcels, so ask which number came off which slope. Volumes are small enough that not all eight are in stock.