There is good richness to the supple

This should drink well young and with 6 to 8 years of bottle age

(from Les Vignes Derrière)

Note well that this muscular and robust effort is definitely going to need at least 7 to 8 years of keeping and require 15+

dark fruit coulis

Raul Perez, Valdecanada Size:6x750ml There is good richness toNew project. An area that Prez has restored, very old vines (8090 years old) in a cool subzone around Ponferrada at around 800900 m elevation on schist soils (cf the better known clay and sandy sites found across most of Bierzo). A steep site that is worked entirely by hand and with horses (so expensive to farm). Mainly Menca, plus Trousseau, Alicante and Palomino. There is a higher proportion of Palomino co planted in the field blend here and this,