Our 31 October tasting looked at the wines of the Bierzo region in northwest Spain. This is a region which is fortunate to have some very old vineyards based primarily on the Mencía grape and has become prominent over the last couple of decades. We tasted nine wines:
(1) Bodegas Castro Ventosa Valtuille Cepas Centenarias 2011
(2) Raúl Pérez Ultrea de Valtuille 2012
(3) Raúl Pérez La Vizcaína El Rapolao 2012
(4) Descendientes de J Palacios Villa de Corullon 2012
(5) Descendientes de J Palacios Las Lamas 2014
(6) Descendientes de J Palacios Moncerbal 2014
(7) Mengoba Mencía de Espanillo 2012
(8) Mengoba Mencía de Espanillo 2013
(9) Bodegas y Vinedos Luna Beberide Paixar 2011
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