Free shipping from 12 bottles · Delivery throughout Switzerland
Free shipping from 12 bottles · Delivery throughout Switzerland
Mencía from vines planted between 1901 and 1910: full, velvety, opens up markedly with air.
Red wine · Mencía · Bierzo, Spain · 0.75 L
Grape: 100% Mencía
Vintage: 2021
Production: 6,666 bottles
Origin: D.O. Bierzo, San Lorenzo del Bierzo (León)
Vineyards: four plots of bush vines planted 1901 to 1910 as a field blend with Doña Blanca: La Calleja (1901), Lombano (1901), Las Tablas (1910), El Corzo (1910); gobelet, 1.9 × 1.7 m; no herbicides or chemical fungicides
Soils: clay loam, average 600 m, slopes of 5 to over 10%
Aspect: north-east to south-west, depending on the plot
Climate: continental-Atlantic with wide day-night swings
Vinification: hand-picked into 15-kg crates, sorted, destemmed without sulphur, spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts, two weeks on the skins, pumped over twice a day
Ageing: 12 months in new and semi-new 500-litre French oak barrels
The vines for Pico Tuerto were planted between 1901 and 1910, Mencía and Doña Blanca growing together as a field blend. The name comes from a 2,051-metre mountain. Deep purple, ripe red and black fruit, spice and something mineral; full on the palate, with velvety tannins and a long finish.
It gains a lot with air, so open or decant it an hour ahead. Serve it with lamb, roast beef or botillo, the Bierzo sausage.
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Our assessment, relative to our range
Aromas
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Style: Bold and savoury (red)
Serve at 16 to 18 °C.
The winery
In 2019 the Fariña brothers of Attis started a project in the Bierzo with Robustiano's daughter Lía, whose mother comes from the area. Two wines bear the names of the Pico Tuerto and La Yegua mountains.
Tasting box
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From Greek mythology. Attis was chosen to serve the cult of the goddess Cybele and had sworn her eternal chastity. Then he fell in love with the nymph Sangarida and broke his vow. Cybele destroyed the tree Sangarida lived in, and the nymph died. The Fariña family, whose first winery is called Attis, brings her back to life in Bierzo as a wine.
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