Bodegas Adriá ★ 4.1

Bodega Verónica Ortega ★ 4.7

Cádiz-trained Verónica Ortega made her first Bierzo vintage in 2010 while still working in France, settled in the comarca in 2012 and works older plots from a cellar at Carracedelo.

Bodegas y Viñedos César Márquez ★ 4.7

Solo project started in 2015 on 1.5 hectares of family plots, picking early to hold alcohol below 13.5 percent and bottling paraje reds from Corullón and Toral de los Vados.

Signature wines: cesar-marquez-valtuille-vino-de-villa

Bodega y Viñedos Raúl Pérez ★ 4.8

Raúl Pérez works from Valtuille de Abajo across the Ultreia range and the La Vizcaína de Vinos labels, and his family owns the neighbouring Castro Ventosa estate.

Signature wines: ultreia-saint-jacques, ultreia-de-valtuille, ultreia-la-claudina, ultreia-godello

Bodegas Bernardo Álvarez ★ 4.1

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

Bodegas Martínez Yebra ★ 4.3

Five-generation family bodega at Villadecanes led by Misericordia Bello, working 18 hectares with vines over 70 years old and bottling the Canes and Viñadecanes ranges.

Bodegas Pittacum ★ 4.4

The Bierzo estate of the Galician Terras Gauda group, based at San Miguel de Arganza and built on old-vine Mencía from the Arganza slopes.

Tasting: Guided winery visit with a tasting and aperitivo, about 90 minutes, bookable year round.

Signature wines: pittacum-aurea, petit-pittacum, petit-pittacum-rosado