Mencía Rosé - VALTUILLE DE ABAJO
Versos de
Valtuille
Musts of Mencía, Bastardo and Godello Viejo descend by gravity to ferment with indigenous yeasts. The wine then rests for twelve months in French oak barrels, slowly refining until it becomes a rosé that reads like a verse: fresh, delicate and full of Bierzo identity.
“I imagine you quietly
as when we went to work in the vineyards,
thinking perhaps that the frost
would leave us with very little harvest.
I imagine you on your way to the farm
fresh wind, sunny afternoon,
with a few bunches in the basket
of an early harvest.”
Helios Estevez
El Paraje
Located in the highest area of Valtuille, El Chuqueiro is a unique place. Its clay soils retain the necessary humidity for the old vines, planted in goblet-trained vines more than a century ago, to survive the dry summers of the Bierzo.
The eastern orientation allows for slow and balanced ripening, protecting the fruit from the scorching afternoon sun.
Technical Data
Vineyard
The Chuqueiro
Varieties in the vineyard
90% Mencía / 5% Bastardo / 5% Godello Viejo
Height
520m. above sea level
Average vineyard age
120 years
Fermentation
500-liter French oak barrels
Volume
10,000 bottles
Type
Glass
Orientation
This
Soil
Clayey
Winemaking
500-liter French oak barrels
Breeding:
9 months in 500-liter French oak barrels