Raul Perez Valdecanada Mencia, Bierzo, Spain 2018 Syrah Full of purple and red

Full of purple and red fruits with a hint of liquorice

and a hint of minty herbaceousness at the very end

He sorted the 100%-destemmed fruit and fermented the grapes with indigenous yeasts

this wine brings fruity flavors of ripe blackberry

Raul Perez Valdecanada Mencia, Bierzo, Spain 2018 Syrah Full of purple and redValdecaada is Ral Prez's high elevation village cuve a field blend grown on schist at altitude in the hills above Ponferrada, and a wine quite unlike anything in his Ultreia or La Vizcana projects. Predominantly Menca with a meaningful proportion of old vine Palomino, fermented with whole bunches and raised in neutral barrique, it trades power for precision: suave and tense, with a perceptible stoniness through the mid palate and a savory salinity