Cuvées

Adriá Velvet

4.5

Dry · Bold · Contemplative

Bodegas AdriáBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Almázcara Majara

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury

Almázcara MajaraBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Morello red with cardinal tints, clean and bright, intense with ripe red fruit over a base of spices, rockrose and rosemary, round and fresh with amiable tannin.

Altos de Losada

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Losada Vinos de FincaBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Elegant, fragrant and complex: black fruit, plum and blackberry with floral touches and waxy ageing notes, sweet spiced wood, liquorice, leather and coconut water.

Bembibre

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Bodegas Dominio de TaresBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Deep ruby with a complex nose of ripe black fruit, balsamic notes, fine spice and graphite; broad, silky and enveloping with polished tannin and a long, fresh close.

Cabanelas

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Vinos ValtuilleBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Intense red with violet touches, powerful on the nose with blackberry and raspberry, framed by thirteen months in new French oak.

Demencia

4.6

Dry · Contemplative · Savoury

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

El Castañal

4.8

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

Casar de BurbiaBierzo€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Elegant, silky and very subtle: layered red and black fruit with oak, vanilla and clove and a herbal thyme and rosemary lift over firm but understated minerality.

El Rapolao

4.5

Dry · Savoury · Contemplative

Vinos ValtuilleBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

El Rebolón

4.6

Dry · Savoury · Funky

Bodegas y Viñedos MengobaBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Estévez El Rapolao

4.6

Dry · Savoury · Contemplative

Estévez Bodegas y ViñedosBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Godelia Mencía

4.4

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

Bodegas y Viñedos GodeliaBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Concentrated red fruit with violets and mineral notes woven into the oak; fresh, fleshy and elegant with a good run across the palate.

Godelia Selección Mencía

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Bodegas y Viñedos GodeliaBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Complex, elegant and very concentrated on the nose, with ripe red fruit, flowers and orange peel wrapped in mineral, spice and fine wood; soft and silky in the mouth.

La Bienquerida

4.7

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

Losada Vinos de FincaBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Medium bodied with ultra-fine tannins and fresh acidity, layering wild blackberry, lavender, bark and white pepper against mandarin and orange peel.

La Faraona

4.9

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

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

Medium intensity by design: fine red fruit and flowers, precise rather than ripe, with silky texture, very fine tannins and a long, balanced close.

Las Lamas

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative

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

The ripest wine in the range and the most Mediterranean in feel: voluptuous and unctuous, yet elegant in density, with glossy tannins and a silky texture.

Libamus

4.4

Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Fruity

Bodegas y Viñedos GodeliaBierzo€€€€€€€Dessert Late Harvest

A naturally sweet Mencía from grapes left to overripen on the vine: red fruit over a mineral base, sweet and concentrated but fresh, with a velvety finish.

Losada

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold

Losada Vinos de FincaBierzo€€€€€Still Red

Cherry violet in the glass, with an intense and complex nose running from bramble fruit through graphite, pepper, balsamic notes and cigar box to coffee and cocoa.

Mata los Pardos

4.5

Dry · Savoury · Contemplative

Estévez Bodegas y ViñedosBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Matalospardos

4.5

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

Vinos LOFBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Cherry red with reddish orange rims, intensely aromatic and heavily spiced with lactic notes, complex and structured with a soft, fine finish.

Moncerbal

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

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

Full bodied yet delicate: a fluid, direct wine whose texture carries the aromatics, with a long run across the palate that reads the Moncerbal site.

P3

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Bodegas Dominio de TaresBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Elegant garnet in the glass, complex on the nose with forest fruits, liquorice, fennel and cigar box, then refined and silky across the palate.

Paixar A Serra

4.6

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative

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

Minerality leads, with balsamic notes, spice and the presence of mountain scrub, showing the rustic terroir of Dragonte alongside Mencía's finer side.

Paixar Viña de Vaca

4.7

Dry · Contemplative · Bold

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

Pittacum Aurea

4.4

Dry · Bold · Contemplative

Bodegas PittacumBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Tebaida Nº5

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

Casar de BurbiaBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Complex and markedly mineral, with plum, black cherry and orange peel, a complete body and soft, rounded tannins that close cleanly.

Ucedo

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

Bodegas GancedoBierzo€€€€€€€Still Red

Intense cherry in colour and powerful on the nose, with slate, wild black fruit, spice and liquorice, then a dense, almost chewable palate of black cherry preserve.

Valtuille El Rapolao

4.6

Dry · Savoury · Contemplative

Bodegas y Viñedos Castro VentosaBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Valtuille Villegas

4.6

Dry · Elegant · Contemplative

Bodegas y Viñedos Castro VentosaBierzo€€€€€€€€Still Red

Viña La Recuperada

4.5

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

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

Elegance and acid balance before power, with a fine mineral line and notes of myrtle and mountain scrub from vines between 700 and 900 metres.