la vitoriana la vizcaina de vinos bierzo

Raúl Pérez

La Vitoriana, La Vizcaina de Vinos, Bierzo, 2020

Name: La Vitoriana, La Vizcaina de Vinos, Bierzo
Brand: Raúl Pérez
Price: 166.73 GBP

97/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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2020
75cl
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2020
6x75cl
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3x1.5L
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A beautifully ripe intermingling of dark and red fruits with a spine of cooling acidity, perhaps derived from that north-exposition. A finely tannic impression and no trace of oak; it’s a beautifully unadorned Bierzo. Planted in 1881, La Vitoriana is still on Pie Franco rootstocks and faces north at 600m elevation. Whole bunch fermented in large, open-top wooden fermenters with no temperature control. In 2020, it stayed on the skins for around 90 days and was aged mostly in large tronconic vat with a small part in used 500L barrique for a year. The La Vizcaina bottling comes from the middle and lower sandier parts of the slope, while the Ultreia bottling comes from a tiny, estate-owned plot at the top.

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Critic Reviews

97/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2020 La Vizcaina La Vitoriana matured mostly in a troncoconic oak foudre and had a very short time in barrel. This wine has more Alicante Bouschet in the blend than others, and they didn't include the white grapes in the vineyard. But against all logic, the wine has more finesse than the 2019. 6,000 bottles produced.

drinking window 2023 - 2029

date of review 01/2022

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.