En el Camino

Spain
Bierzo
2021

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.

93+ points
"2021 was a cold year with snow, plenty of rain and some mildew pressure that delivered a slim 2021 En el Camino, a blend of Mencía and 10% other grapes (Palomino, Doña Blanca and Alicante Bouschet) from different vineyards mostly on clay and quartz soils. It fermented with 30% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured in a 50/50 combination of oak casks and stainless steel. It's very perfumed, expressive and open, elegant and balanced, fine-boned and seductive, very clean and defined. 30,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in October 2022"
Luis Gutiérrez,
Wine Advocate
8/10/2022

SKU/Code: 
DB6844-21
Product Line: 
National Portfolio
Wine
Red
Varietal: 
Mencia
Farming Type: 
Organic