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Virgen del Galir A Villeira Mencia 2020.
Product Code:
18437005366012
Country:
Spain Valdeorras D.O., Galicia.
Grape Varieties:
100% Mencia.
Case Size:
6 x 75cl
Ratings:
93+ Points The Wine Advocate.
£178.45
The red 2020 A Villeira was produced with a blend of Mencía and some Garnacha Tintorera, Brancellao, Sousón and Merenzao from a plot on granite soils in the zone of As Ermitas in the westernmost part of Valdeorras where the soils are granite, sand, slate and quartz on 0.4 hectares planted in 1958 on 12 small terraces at 700 meters in altitude. There is an old, small winery in the process of being restored, and they plan to ferment the wines from As Ermitas there. 2020 was an early harvest, but the wine is still 13.5% alcohol and has a pH of 3.35. It fermented in 500-liter oak barrels, where it matured for 12 months. This is meaty and juicy, floral, rustic and elegant, a little in the style of a northern Rhône, subtle and harmonious, elegant and powerful. It's dry and fresh, with fine-grained tannins and good precision. It has energy and depth with the electric minerality from the granite. It has a really captivating nose. 1,900 bottles and 50 magnums were filled in December 2021.
Virgen del Galir is a property purchased by CVNE in Valdeorras. Other than working with the grapes from the estate vineyards in a warmer place in the Galir Valley to produce whites from slate soils, they are also recovering old vineyards in the zone of As Ermidas in the Bibei Valley to produce reds from granite soils. The winery produces around 100,000 bottles.
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate, Feb 28, 2022.
The red 2020 A Villeira was produced with a blend of Mencía and some Garnacha Tintorera, Brancellao, Sousón and Merenzao from a plot on granite soils in the zone of As Ermitas in the westernmost part of Valdeorras where the soils are granite, sand, slate and quartz on 0.4 hectares planted in 1958 on 12 small terraces at 700 meters in altitude. There is an old, small winery in the process of being restored, and they plan to ferment the wines from As Ermitas there. 2020 was an early harvest, but the wine is still 13.5% alcohol and has a pH of 3.35. It fermented in 500-liter oak barrels, where it matured for 12 months. This is meaty and juicy, floral, rustic and elegant, a little in the style of a northern Rhône, subtle and harmonious, elegant and powerful. It's dry and fresh, with fine-grained tannins and good precision. It has energy and depth with the electric minerality from the granite. It has a really captivating nose. 1,900 bottles and 50 magnums were filled in December 2021.
Virgen del Galir is a property purchased by CVNE in Valdeorras. Other than working with the grapes from the estate vineyards in a warmer place in the Galir Valley to produce whites from slate soils, they are also recovering old vineyards in the zone of As Ermidas in the Bibei Valley to produce reds from granite soils. The winery produces around 100,000 bottles.
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate, Feb 28, 2022.
All our wines are stored in our importers bonded warehouse, which have the optimum environment for fine wine storage, by carefully regulating temperature, humidity and other microclimatic factors.
As such, please allow between 7 and 10 days for your delivery to arrive.
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