Bodegas Bernardo Álvarez ★ 4.1

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 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

Demencia de Autor ★ 4.5

Started in 2006 and working old vines in Villafranca del Bierzo and Valtuille de Abajo, vinifying the Villegas, Fuente de San Lázaro, Monte Cotelo and Cabarcos sites apart.

Tasting: Personalised guided visits arranged through the producer's visit page.

Signature wines: demencia, demencia-villegas, demencia-fuente-san-lazaro, pyjama-godello, pyjama-mencia

Almázcara Majara ★ 4.4

Three-partner project at Almázcara in the eastern Bierzo whose name joins the initials of Manuel Benito, Javier Álvarez and Raúl García, built on small Mencía lots.

Signature wines: almazcara-majara, cobija-del-pobre-godello, aphrodisiaque-mencia, amphora-de-cobija-del-pobre, aphrodisiaque-rose

Descendientes de J. Palacios ★ 4.9

Founded at Corullón in 1999 by Álvaro Palacios and his nephew Ricardo Pérez Palacios, working Mencía across more than 200 small slate parcels under biodynamic farming.

Signature wines: petalos-del-bierzo, villa-de-corullon, las-lamas, moncerbal, la-faraona

Bodegas y Viñedos Castro Ventosa ★ 4.8

Pérez family estate at Valtuille de Abajo bottling under its own name since 1991, farming 85 hectares of mostly 50-year-plus vines and releasing village and parcel bottlings.

Signature wines: valtuille-la-vitoriana, valtuille-el-rapolao, valtuille-la-cova-de-la-raposa, valtuille-villegas, valtuille-vino-de-villa