Winery: Viñedos y Bodegas Dominio de Tares

Region: D.O. Bierzo

Vintage: 2021

Bottle: 75 cl

Grape Varieties: 100% Mencía

Type: Red Young Wine, briefly oaked

Alcohol Volume: 14% vol.

Serving Temperature: 16º - 18º

Production: 

A 100% Mencía wine briefly oaked from very old, low-yielded vines growing on clay and slate soils.

Hand harvested bunch by bunch, fermented with natural yeast, briefly aged for 6 months in French and American oak, followed by an extra 9-15 month rest in bottle.

Tasting Notes:

Fresh aromas of red and black berries combined with notes of liquorice, clove, and forest fruits, subtly spicy and with hints of violets. Warm on the palate, soft-textured, fresh red berry fruit flavours, hints of spice, and good acidity on a fresh and smooth finish. A beautifully fresh Mencía for every day.

Viñedos y Bodegas Dominio de Tarés

Dominio de Tarés was one of the newcomers in the area, attracted by the Mencía grape’s potential. Established in 2000, with its first vintage in 2001, it has not ceased producing wines with astonishing results: superb wines from the indigenous Mencía and Godello varieties; elegant and complex wines reflecting the excellence of the terroir where they come from.

Situated in the province of León, the heartland of the Mencía grape, the winery is surrounded by high-quality vineyards: old vineyards with vines between 40 and 90 years of age growing on a terroir with extraordinary potential in a privileged area; a mixture of slopes and terraces; the soil being alluvial at river level and clay and slate on the slopes. They work 30 ha of their own vineyards as well as about the same amount of rented vineyards. At the winery, the work is carried out on the philosophy of minimal intervention in order to produce more authentic, natural, and expressive wines.