Raul Perez Valdecanada Mencia, Bierzo, Spain 2018 Sori San Lorenzo Etna in Sicily

Etna in Sicily

Vinified in one- to two-year-old oak barrels and matured up to 18 months on its lees

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Raul Perez Valdecanada Mencia, Bierzo, Spain 2018 Sori San Lorenzo Etna in SicilyValdecaada is Ral Prez's high elevation village cuve a field blend grown on schist at altitude in the hills above Ponferrada, and a wine quite unlike anything in his Ultreia or La Vizcana projects. Predominantly Menca with a meaningful proportion of old vine Palomino, fermented with whole bunches and raised in neutral barrique, it trades power for precision: suave and tense, with a perceptible stoniness through the mid palate and a savory salinity