Valtuille red 2023 I 93 points Wine Advocate I Bierzo I Spain wine with plenty of spices

with plenty of spices

Encruzado and Cercial from old vines

licorice and cocoa

Intense and very well-balanced

Region : Melgaco - Portugal

Valtuille red 2023 I 93 points Wine Advocate I Bierzo I Spain wine with plenty of spicesProducer : Cesar Marquez Region : Bierzo Spain The nose of the 2017 Las Firmas, a village Menca, had a distinct note of licorice and darker fruit than the 2016 I tasted next to it. The palate is medium bodied with abundant, fine grained tannins and a long, dry finish. 2017 was the warmest year in the history of Bierzo, and they started harvesting on the 14th of August, something completely unusual. So, Prez did less extraction and used less stems. The