Mencia Bierzo 2020

The grapes arrive at the winery in small 12 kilo boxes. Bunch by bunch they are selected at the sorting table. Winemaking takes place in stainless steel tanks with light cap plunging and must siphoning during fermentation, that usually lasts about 15 days at 25 o c degrees. The wine was bled and kept in the tank for a month before taking it to French oak barrels with 220 liters holding capacity. For the eight months the wine stays in the barrel and it remains undisturbed by racking. After bottling another long one and a half year period of repose begins..

Forty hectares of old vineyards distributed into two hundred parcels on the hillsides of the mountain belt that makes up the Bierzo wine growing region are the source that nourishes Pittacum. Twenty years studying the properties of a large quantity of soils have been necessary to get to know our territory in depth and select those soils that are eminently suited for wine growing. Soils that are usually on a slope, deep, well drained, and moderate fertility that imbue the vines with a contained vigor and promote correct grape ripening.

Intense color with elegant nose. Fresh red fruits, spices, chinese ink and minerals. Fluid and juicy with a long finish.

Pittacum's profile allows for a rich and varied matching to dishes and foods: grilled or stewed meats, legume pottages, certain ways of prepare fish, but also cold meats, cheeses, pasta, empanadas (Galician savory pie), or salads when properly dressed