The Tilenus house at Dehesas, built by the Frías family from 1999 in a converted dairy and bottling Mencía and Godello as separate parajes rather than as one blend.
Address: Calle la Lechería 3, 24390 Dehesas, Ponferrada, León, Spain, Bierzo
Family bodega founded in 1989 by Nemesio Fernández Bruña, working 27 hectares split across 52 small mountain parcels and vinifying each one separately under organic farming.
Tasting: Cellar open Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 14:00 and 15:00 to 18:00.
Signature wines: nemesio, tebaida, tebaida-numero-5, el-castanal, hombros, valdepineiro
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
Grower-run cellar at Quilós outside Cacabelos, bottling the Mencía labels Xestal and Ucedo alongside the Godello Herencia del Capricho.
Tasting: Winery experiences arranged on request through the estate telephone.
Signature wines: xestal, ucedo, herencia-del-capricho, capricho-godello, capricho-rosado
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
Started in 1986 by Alejandro Luna, farming 30 hectares between Finca Valdetruchas and the old high parcels at Dragonte in Corullón, on slate and clay-limestone, with vines over 60 years old on south-facing slopes.
Tasting: Finca Valdetruchas vineyard visits by prior reservation. Winter weekdays 08:00 to 16:00, summer weekdays 07:00 to 15:00.
Signature wines: paixar-vina-de-vaca, paixar-a-serra, vina-la-recuperada, finca-luna-beberide
Carracedelo cellar on the old N-VI working 25 hectares and bottling single-variety Mencía and Godello, with Carracedo as the top red.
Tasting: Guided tours by prior appointment, Monday to Saturday at 11:00, covering reception through bottling.
Signature wines: carracedo, carracedo-godello, gotin-mencia, abad-dom-bueno-godello, abad-dom-bueno-mencia
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