100% Mencia macerated and fermented for 10 days in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. Aged sur lie for 6 months before stabilization and bottling.
La Nave is Casa Aurora's entry point. A regional wine from Albares, in Bierzo Alto, mostly from north-face vineyards planted on rocky and clay soils, averaging about 75-years of age, it is made mostly from Mencia, with a bit of Tintorera and Palomino. The grapes are destemmed and the wines are...
Sourced from several parcels with vines that are at least 50 years old, the blend is 90% Mencia and 10% “other” including Palomino, Doña Blanca and Alicante Bouschet. Fermented 50% whole cluster. Spontaneous fermentation using native yeasts and aged for ten months in clay amphorae.
Grapes from the A Merced vineyard, where 30% of the grapes are white. The wine is made using traditional methods from the village of Toral de los Vados, must is added without the skins to create a lighter red. Aged for one year in used 225-liter French oak barrels.
