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Mengoba Godello Viejo
Godello's typical lemon peel and white peach profile gets a textural boost from barrel ageing with regular lees stirring.
The fruit for this cuvée comes from a selection of Mengoba's best parcels. Fermented with native yeasts and aged for 10 months in neutral oak foudre with weekly bâtonnage.
quick facts
APPELLATION: Bierzo DO
VINTAGE: 2017
STYLE: white
GRAPE: godello
FARMING: organic
FERMENTATION: oak
MATURATION: oak
FILTRATION: filtered
ALCOHOL: 12.5%
CASE SIZE: 6
Brezo Tinto
Dark cherry, plum and graphite aromas with supple tannins and bright acidity. The addition of a small amount of alicante bouschet gives the mencía a deeper colour and more plush texture.
Brezo is Gregory's negociant line, made from fruit sourced from local growers he has long-standing relationships with.
quick facts
APPELLATION: Bierzo DO
VINTAGE: 2018
STYLE: red
GRAPES: mencía, alicante bouschet
FARMING: sustainable
FERMENTATION: stainless steel
MATURATION: stainless stell
FILTRATION: filtered
ALCOHOL: 13%
CASE SIZE: 12
Mengoba Mencía
Deeply coloured, with notes of cherry, plum, liquorice and graphite with a generous, silky texture.
Primarily mencía from 80 year old vines on slate soils at 700m elevation in the area of Espanillo, with a small proportion of alicante bouschet from 50 year old vines at slightly lower elevation.
quick facts
APPELLATION: Bierzo DO
VINTAGE: 2018
STYLE: red
GRAPES: mencía, alicante bouschet
FARMING: sustainable
FERMENTATION: oak
MATURATION: oak
FILTRATION: unfiltered
ALCOHOL: 13%
CASE SIZE: 6
Mengoba Mencía de Espanillo
A parcel selection of mencía with small amounts of alicante bouschet and godello from 80 year old bush vines. The Espanillo vineyard is at 700m elevation on decomposed sandy slate. Fermented with native yeasts and aged for about one year in large old foudres.
quick facts
APPELLATION: Bierzo DO
VINTAGE: 2016
STYLE: red
GRAPES: mencia, alicante bouschet, godello
FARMING: organic
FERMENTATION: oak
MATURATION: oak
FILTRATION: unfiltered
ALCOHOL: 13.5%
CASE SIZE: 6
Mengoba Mencía ' El Rebolon'
A selection from the Espanillo vineyard, with 80 year old vines planted in slate soils. Whole clusters are crushed by foot and macerated for 40 days before pressing and transfer to 500l barrels for 14 months of ageing.
quick facts
APPELLATION: Bierzo DO
VINTAGE: 2016
STYLE: red
GRAPES: mencía, alicante bouschet, godello
FARMING: organic
FERMENTATION: oak
MATURATION: oak
FILTRATION: unfiltered
ALCOHOL: 13.5%
CASE SIZE: 6
Mengoba
In 2007, after stints in his native Bordeaux and in Spain, Grégory Pérez purchased 5 hectares in Bierzo and started Mengoba. His commitment is to produce terroir-driven, non-interventionist wines. A judicious use of oak vessels, for both fermentation and ageing, natural yeasts, almost no filtration or clarification, and a minimal amount of sulphur, results in wines that taste genuine: pure, deep and complex.
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