Valtuille red 2023 I 93 points Wine Advocate I Bierzo I Spain wine Encruzado and Cercial from old

Encruzado and Cercial from old vines

with plenty of spices

Intense and very well-balanced

rich and firm with nice integrated oak

Valtuille red 2023 I 93 points Wine Advocate I Bierzo I Spain wine Encruzado and Cercial from oldProducer : Cesar Marquez Region : Bierzo Spain The nose of the 2017 Las Firmas, a village Menca, had a distinct note of licorice and darker fruit than the 2016 I tasted next to it. The palate is medium bodied with abundant, fine grained tannins and a long, dry finish. 2017 was the warmest year in the history of Bierzo, and they started harvesting on the 14th of August, something completely unusual. So, Prez did less extraction and used less stems. The