Cantarina Vinos de Familia Valdeobispo 2018

Single plot Mencia, manually collected in 15Kg cages, where they are held in cold storage at 8 ºC for a day before the whole bunches were transferred to a 50 Hl French oak vat. The grapes are foot trodden in the foudre and left to ferment and infuse for 45 days. The wine is then transferred to used French oak 225 litre casks for malolactic fermentation and later aging for 12 months. Only 3,700 bottles and 300 1.5 liter magnums were produced. 

Dark purple in colour, it shows plenty of roses, flowers and red fruits on the nose. Velvety feeling, round taste of raspberries and blackberries, balanced fruitiness and acidity showing pure mencía characteristics. Rich in tannins, very ample and lots of length on the palate that remains for long and invite to another taste. 2018 was a perfect year from a climate point of view in Bierzo after the stressful 2017.