Made with the local Mencia grape - Spain's up and coming cult grape - and then allowed to develop over six months in oak barrels, this is a wine with character, taste, full body and great aftertaste. A rounded wine with lots of personality and strong aromas that convey red fruits with a touch of cinnamon. A classic Mencia, it's as easy to afford as it is to drink. Very enjoyable!
This is a very interesting wine, rich in spice on the nose and with a pure mature, cherry taste. Look out for traces of cinnamon and clove with a hint of oak. Made entirely from Mencia grapes, selected from vines over 60 years old, this rather special wine comes from Bierzo - often referred to as Spain's most up and coming wine region. The wine is aged in French and American oak barrels which gives it its dark cherry colour and violet rim. Aroma with notes of fruit jam and touches of liquorice and blackberries. Meaty palate, very fresh acidity. Hugely enjoyable!
Type: Red Region: Bierzo
£16.69 per bottle 6 bottles £95.10 SAVE £5.04 12 bottles £180.24 SAVE £20.04
Descendientes de J. Palacios are one of the oldest wine makers in Spain, but still pioneers in the development of new wines. This is the case with Petalos, which is today one of the flagship wines of Bierzo, quite capable of satisfying the most discerning palate. Made with 100% Mencia, the characteristic grape of the area, this is a wine full of the flavour of bright cherry and cranberry fruit, with liquorice and mineral accents and a very light hint of oak. A beautifully balanced red, not a big wine but an intense one. Highly recommended.
Type: Red Region: Bierzo
£16.89 per bottle 6 bottles £96.30 SAVE £5.04 12 bottles £182.40 SAVE £20.28
This Tilenus is a wonderful example of the wine produced in the Bierzo region from the Mencia grape (thought, incidentally, to be a relative of Cabernet Franc, rumoured to have been planted here originally by French pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela). This is a perfect, dark, velvety red, a powerful and well-balanced wine, the result of 12 months aging in French oak barrels. An old style wine but made with the latest innovations in wine making technology, Tilenus has classic aromas of mature red fruits with notes of tobacco and spice and good length. Simply excellent!
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