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Cesar Marquez Parajes Mencia Bierzo 2021 750ml

SKU: P69321

Juicy red wine with aromas of fresh red and black fruit, vegetal notes and spicy hints.

90+
$22.99
Expert Review - Vintage 2021

Luis Gutiérrez of the Wine Advocate writes 94 Points |  The super affordable 2021 Parajes really overdelivers in this cool year. It was produced with grapes from up to 45 different plots in nine villages, trying to capture the essence of Bierzo. This regional red mixes soils and altitudes, mostly very old plots and therefore planted with...Show More >

Wine Information:

Country: Spain

Region: Castilla Y Leon

Sub-Region:

Appellation: Bierzo

Variety: Mencia

Type: Reds

Size: 750ml





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César Marquez Pérez hails from a family with deep roots in the Bierzo wine region. Historical deeds in the town of Valtuille de Abajo date the ancestral origin of the family in this region to 1752. Cesar’s focus is mainly on micro-vinifications of old-vine Godello and Mencía from parajes (small plots). These parajes yield widely differing characteristics depending on their soil composition (mixtures of sand, clay, decomposed granite, and stone) and the orientation and slope of the vineyards.


Ultimately, Cesar envisions making single-parcel vinifications and is laying the foundation to map this region in a manner parallel to the Cru appellations of the world.
Juicy red wine with aromas of fresh red and black fruit, vegetal notes and spicy hints.


 

Wine Advocate 93 points There's a little more ripeness and concentration in the 2020 Parajes, which matured in well-seasoned (at least fourth use) barriques and a 5,000-liter oak foudre. It's a little rounder and creamier, a more powerful wine (it was bottled 15 days before I tasted it) with a nice Bierzo character. 25,000 bottles produced; this is the volume he wants to produce. It was bottled in late November 2021. 2023 - 2026

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