2021 Mixtura Blue Tinto (Mencia), Castilla y Leon, Spain Smallfry soils: clay-based

soils: clay-based

eight months’ aging in 80% neutral 225L barrels and 20% stainless steel tanks

Single plot close to the sea

Chisel Jersey

All of the vineyards are either certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers or somewhere in the process

2021 Mixtura Blue Tinto (Mencia), Castilla y Leon, Spain Smallfry soils: clay-based100% Menca from a 60 year old plot in Cacabelos, rooted in pebbly, iron rich clay. Fermented with native yeasts and whole bunches in small neutral barrels, then aged for a year in a large Austrian oak foudre from Stockinger. Just 3,319 bottles madeand easily one of the most refined, quietly powerful expressions of Menca weve tasted from Bierzo.