Mengoba

Robert Parker 2020 score:

94
Mencia_Alicante-Bouschet-2018

Denomination of origin

Bierzo

Variety

Mencia, Alicante Bouchet

Harvest

2014

Vineyard

The Mencía plots are located in Espanillo at 700 meters altitude, the average age of the vineyard is 80 years.

Soil

The soil is decomposed slate with sandy areas, plowed in 3 passes in spring.

Prepared by

After a manual harvest in boxes, the grapes are selected, partly destemmed and crushed. Then it goes directly into foudre of 5000L where it makes the alcoholic and bad lactic fermentation , it will remain in this foudre until its racking to be bottled . The aging time is 11 months for the 2018 vintage. Bottling without filtration is done with a slight clarification.

Alcohol content

13&

Annual production

13,000 Bottles

Presentation

Case of 6 or 12 bottles