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Producer: Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez                     

Region: Galicia (D.O. Bierzo)

Vintage: 2018                                                     

Bottle:  75cl                                                     

Grape Varieties: Mencia

Type:  Dry Red Wine aged in oak

Alcohol Volume:  13.5%

Serving Temperature:  16º - 18º

Ultreia de Valtuille is a Mencia based wine, of limited production and handcrafted wine by Raúl Pérez in Bierzo. Sourced from old-vine Mencia vineyard from the Villegas zone within the municipal district of valtuille, located at over 500 meters altitude. Aged aprox. 12-14 months in French oak.

Raúl Pérez is regarded as among the most talented and innovative winemakers, almost a legend within the Spanish wine making world and abroad. The collaboration with other winemakers and wineries has also proved a great success. He works with the autochthonous varietals of the area. He makes amazing wines in different appellations in Galicia and elsewhere, always small and selected productions. To get hold of his wines is not that easy as they are probably one of the most sought-after.

Tasting notes: Complex and harmonious, good freshness, scents of red cherries and violets, a touch of earthiness and balsamic. Silky texture, fine tannins and subtle oak perfectly integrated.

Notes:  The wine has a good aging potential. Drink now – 2025+