Pedro Méndez 'Xuntanza' Rías Baixas Viño Tinto NV VALENCIA without a specific identity so

without a specific identity so to speak

Sorte Antiga is from a bush pruned vineyard planted in 1920

one-off bottling that is helping to cover Pépière's 95% crop loss in the 2021 vintage

press fractions vinified separately

and a trip to the Dundee Hills in 1976 convinced him that this was where the finest Pinot noir in North America was being grown

Pedro Méndez 'Xuntanza' Rías Baixas Viño Tinto NV VALENCIA without a specific identity soXuntanza is mixed vintage (20 21) blend of 50% Cao Tinto and 50% Menca harvested from an average of 75 year old vines (2024) in the Salns Valleys Meao area. Its on flat surface of granite bedrock and topsoil at less than 100m. Xuntanza is whole bunch fermented for 20 days in steel at 22C max. Aged on lees 9 months in barrel. It is filtered but not fined. Cousin of local viticultural legend, Rodrigo Mndez, Pedro Mndez wears two hats with full time work