DO BierzoMencía, Godello85 haFounded 1991Pérez familyWinemaker César MárquezValtuille de Abajo
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
DO BierzoMencía, Godello12 haFounded 1999Peique familyValtuille de Abajo
Family bodega whose first commercial vintage in 1999 ran to 10,000 bottles, now around 200,000, from 12 hectares of goblet vines aged between 45 and over 90 years in Valtuille.
Signature wines: peique-ramon-valle, peique-tinto-mencia
DO BierzoMencía, GodelloFounded 2000Winemaker Rafael SomonteBierzo Alto
Founded at San Román de Bembibre in 2000 and one of the projects that reframed Bierzo, fermenting both reds and whites with indigenous yeasts since the 2007 vintage.
Tasting: Cellar visits on weekdays, 09:00 to 18:00, by arrangement on the winery telephone or email.
Signature wines: baltos, cepas-viejas-mencia, bembibre, p3, cepas-viejas-godello, el-paisano-de-tares
DO BierzoMencía, GodelloFounded 1999Frías familyPonferrada
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.
DO BierzoMencía, Godello27 haFounded 1989Fernández familyCarracedelo
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
DO BierzoMencía, Godello, Garnacha Tintorera, Doña Blanca, Estaladiña12 haGrégory PérezWinemaker Grégory PérezCarracedelo
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