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.

Armas de Guerra Roble

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic

Cooperativa Vinos del BierzoBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Morello cherry with intense violet nuances, showing ripe red and black fruit with mineral and floral notes, velvety and fleshy on the palate.

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

Campo Redondo Godello

4.2

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

Bodegas Bernardo ÁlvarezBierzo€€€€€Still White

Lemon yellow with green tones and an intense nose that shows the variety's origin, with agreeable freshness and intense fruit expression on the palate.

Campo Redondo Tinto Roble

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic

Bodegas Bernardo ÁlvarezBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Intense cherry, well covered in the glass, powerful on the nose with ripe red fruit, then velvety in the mouth with well assembled tannins and noble wood nuances.

Capricho Godello

4.2

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

Bodegas GancedoBierzo€€€€€Still White

Pale yellow with greenish flashes; citrus, white flowers and stone fruit of apricot and peach, long and persistent with acidity and alcohol in balance.

Casar de Burbia Mencía

4.3

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

Casar de BurbiaBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Vibrant and silky: cherry, blueberry and flowers on an intensely floral nose, then a creamy, spiced palate with polished tannin and a long mineral finish.

Cuatro Pasos

4.0

Dry · Easygoing · Fruity

Bodega Cuatro PasosBierzo€€€€€Still Red

César Márquez Valtuille Vino de Villa

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Bodegas y Viñedos César MárquezBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Expressive and perfumed at a moderate 13 per cent, drawn largely from sandy soils that give a finer, lighter-framed Valtuille 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.

Finca Luna Beberide

4.4

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

Bodegas y Viñedos Luna BeberideBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Raspberry hued, with rose petal and fresh herbs, an unctuous and generous palate perfumed by strawberry and cherry, and tannins that melt away.

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.

Gotín Mencía

4.2

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

Bodega del AbadBierzo€€€€€Still Red

A markedly fruity Mencía whose barrel time adds subtlety, elegance and complexity, with a silky, fruity and persistent entry on the palate.

Pago de Valdoneje Mencía

4.2

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

Vinos ValtuilleBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Deep red with violet touches and a very fresh nose of blackberry and wild berries, with toasted smoke, liquorice and balsamic mint over a well structured 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.

Pyjama Mencía

4.4

Dry · Elegant · Savoury

Demencia de AutorBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Pétalos del Bierzo

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant

Descendientes de J. PalaciosBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Atlantic-leaning Mencía with acidulous fruit, a graphite and humus core and a balsamic edge that builds in the glass.

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.

Ultreia Saint Jacques

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

Bodega y Viñedos Raúl PérezBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Floral straight out of the glass: violets and chalk, then orange peel and wild strawberry over refreshing, fully integrated acidity.

Valdaiga X

4.2

Dry · Rustic · Savoury

Bodega Pérez CaramésBierzo€€€€€Still Red

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.

Vilof Roble

4.3

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

Vinos LOFBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Ruby red with violet rims and a lively nose of wild strawberry, raspberry and bramble, then broad velvety sensations and an expressive, fruity 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.