Raul Perez, Valdecanada other_regions_italy Full-bodied and ripe

Full-bodied and ripe

Once again there is excellent richness to the caressing yet overtly powerful broad-shouldered flavors that aren’t massive though they certainly don’t lack for substance

even with time in bottle

Like the rest of the range

This is also a very fine villages that should age gracefully

Raul Perez, Valdecanada other_regions_italy Full-bodied and ripeNew project. An area that Prez has restored, very old vines (8090 years old) in a cool subzone around Ponferrada at around 800900 m elevation on schist soils (cf the better known clay and sandy sites found across most of Bierzo). A steep site that is worked entirely by hand and with horses (so expensive to farm). Mainly Menca, plus Trousseau, Alicante and Palomino. There is a higher proportion of Palomino co planted in the field blend here and this,