Castile and Léon, Spain
- Body
- Acidity
- Tannin
- Fruitiness
- Oak
Banzao Mencia Vino de paraje "Almorelle"
Mencia 95%, Godello 2.5%, Palomino Fino 2.5%
- 750ml
- 12.5%
- 2021
- Red
- Dry
- Style
- Soft & berry-rich
- Red berries
- Pairs with
- Beef
- Charcuterie
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pasta & pizza
- Pork
- Poultry
- Spicy food
- Veal
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About this wine
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Charcuterie
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pasta & pizza
- Pork
- Poultry
- Spicy food
- Veal
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soils:
- Clay, Gravel, Sand, Slate
- Terroir:
- -
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Old oak (70%)
Steel (30%) - Storage:
- Steel (30%) 18 months
Old oak (70%) 9 months - Winemaker:
- Silvia Marrao Barreiro
Manual harvest in 15 kg boxes.Fermented in barrels and stainless steel tanks; 35% of the grapes with stems and the rest gently destemmed without crushing. Native yeast. Aged for 9 months in 500 and 225 litre barrels. Bottle ageing of at least 10 months.
Meet the wine maker
Silvia Marrao BarreiroAbout the wine and its character
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castile and Léon/Bierzo
- Classification:
- DO
- Certification:
- -
- Grape:
- Mencia 95%
Godello 2.5%
Palomino Fino 2.5% - Vintage year:
- 2021
- Color:
- -
- Aroma:
- -
- Taste:
- -
- Alcohol content:
- 12.5%
- Sugar content:
- 0.2 g/l
- Acidity:
- 5.5 g/l
- pH-value:
- 3.75
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Contains sulphite:
- Yes
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Bottle:
- Glass
- Best Served:
- 14 - 16 °C
- Ageing potential:
- 1 - 15 years
Meet the winemakers behind Banzao Mencia Vino de paraje "Almorelle"
Information provided directly by the winery.
Information
- Founding year
- 2017
- Farming area
- 4,5 ha
- Production
- 15 b/y
San Pedro de olleros is located in the Ancares Leoneses Biosphere Reserve, a place with high biological divesity, although its social capital, its people, constitute the main value of the reserve. This Project would not have been posible witohout town people´s help. Banzao cannot be understood without environmental protection. We try to ensure that all our production is environmentally friendly. We use natural cork and lightweight packaging that is 100% recyclable.
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