Mengoba Mencía de Espanillo 2019 dessert-sherry-port and Les Bosquets

and Les Bosquets

with true varietal characteristics

Hand-harvested on the 6th of March

This is made from a selection of fruit from several old and weathered primary rock (urgestein) terraces in the hills above the winery

Mengoba Mencía de Espanillo 2019 dessert-sherry-port and Les BosquetsThe vineyard of Espanillo sits at an altitude of 850 metres and is perhaps the highest in Bierzo. Its Prezs flagship vineyard with rocky, fragmented slate and decomposed shale soils, and older vines that are reaching 90 years of age. As with many Spanish vineyards at this age, the parcel is a mixed planting; essentially Menca with 15% Garnacha Tintorera, Estaladia and Godello. Instead of discarding the latter varieties, as many do, Prez feels they