Cuvées

Abad Dom Bueno Godello

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Bodega del AbadBierzo€€€€€Still White

Pale yellow with lemon glints, fragrant with ripe fruit over a delicate aniseed floral base and citrus lift, savoury and easy with a clean, long close.

Abad Dom Bueno Mencía

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing

Bodega del AbadBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Flooded with floral and fruit aromas, with more body and structure than most wines of its class, and a fleshy tannin that gives it grip.

Adriá Godello

4.1

Dry · Refreshing · Easygoing

Bodegas AdriáBierzo€€€€€Still White

Aphrodisiaque Mencía

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Almázcara MajaraBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Red with garnet tints, clean and bright, with fresh fruit, strawberry and morello cherry, round and fresh on the palate with amiable tannin.

Armas de Guerra Godello

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Cooperativa Vinos del BierzoBierzo€€€€€Still White

Straw yellow with greenish nuances, fragrant with fruit and white flowers over a mineral and floral base, then a mineral, silky palate.

Armas de Guerra Joven

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Cooperativa Vinos del BierzoBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Morello cherry in colour, with red and black fruit over cabinet-wood and mineral notes, velvety and fleshy in the mouth as a classic Mencía should be.

Baltos

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Bodegas Dominio de TaresBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Airy and fragrant, with forest berries, juicy plum and graphite over a refreshing palate whose acidity reads as creamy rather than sharp.

Brezo Tinto

4.1

Dry · Easygoing · Fruity

Bodegas y Viñedos MengobaBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Cuatro Pasos

4.0

Dry · Easygoing · Fruity

Bodega Cuatro PasosBierzo€€€€€Still Red

El Paisano de Tares

4.3

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Rustic

Bodegas Dominio de TaresBierzo€€€€€Still Red

A light purple red in the old Bierzo manner: violet, plum and forest fruit with a fennel spice note, savoury and fresh with a long, easy draught.

El Pájaro Rojo

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Losada Vinos de FincaBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Delicate, fresh and fruity, with violets and red fruit on the nose and a rich, unctuous, velvety palate that keeps its freshness.

Gancedo Mencía

4.1

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Bodegas GancedoBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Cherry coloured with a violet rim, a fresh and fruity nose of wild red and black berries, light and fresh across the palate.

Peique Tinto Mencía

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Bodegas PeiqueBierzo€€€€€Still Red

A young, unoaked Mencía: cherry red with violet reflections, ripe red fruit and flowers, fleshy and broad on the palate.

Ribas del Cúa

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing

Ribas del CúaBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Cherry red with violet tones and great aromatic intensity: raspberry, cassis and redcurrant beside blackberry and cherry, with tropical banana and pineapple over Mencía's green edge.

Sonrisa de Tares

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Bodegas Dominio de TaresBierzo€€€€€Still White

Bright lemon with golden glints; white flowers, citrus and nectarine over balsamic herbs, then a creamy, savoury palate with refreshing tension.

Viernes Godello

4.1

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Bodegas y Viñedos GodeliaBierzo€€€€€Still White

Intense and fruity, with citrus and stone fruit leading; savoury and fresh in the mouth, the fruit giving way to a lightly mineral, refreshing close.

Viernes Mencía

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Bodegas y Viñedos GodeliaBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Deep cherry with a violet rim, an intense nose of wild fresh fruit, flowers and low scrub with a light mineral edge, savoury and fresh with soft tannin.

Viña Migarrón Blanco

4.0

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing

Bodegas Bernardo ÁlvarezBierzo€€€€€Still White

Lemon yellow of medium intensity, with clean, primary and very fruity aromas, soft, moreish and balanced in the mouth.

Viña Migarrón Tinto

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Bodegas Bernardo ÁlvarezBierzo€€€€€Still Red

A cardinal red that speaks of its youth, with an intense nose full of red fruit nuances and a direct, fruity palate.