VINTAGE: 2018

APPELATION: DO Bierzo 

VARIETALS: Mencia

WINEMAKER: Raul Perez

ABOUT THE WINE:  It is made in Valtuille de Abajo (León) with grapes from the 2.2-hectare plot Las Gundiñas, located at an altitude of 510 metres and with a density of 3800 plants per hectare. The soil is clayey and chalky, and the more than 100-years-old vineyard, is oriented to the east.  Las Gundiñas  is a wine made by César Márquez and Raúl Pérez, with the Mencía, Bastardo, Garnacha Tintorera and Doña Blanca grape varieties. It is fermented in large open vats with the whole stalk and a maceration time of between 30 and 60 days. It is aged for a year in used 225-litre French oak barrels. It is bottled without clarification or filtering.

TASTING NOTES:  It shows very fresh aromas of black fruit with certain notes of graphite and a background of thyme. In mouth it is fleshy, ample, with a tannin of grape very marked and certain earthy aftertaste.