Las Gundiñas, La Vizcaina de Vinos, Bierzo, 2016

Name: Las Gundiñas, La Vizcaina de Vinos, Bierzo
Brand: Raúl Pérez
Price: 160.73 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021

justerini & brooks tasting note

Beautifully deep and sensual, Las Gundinas opens up with darker fruit encompassing blackcurrant, black raspberry, plums and bittersweet gratings of dark chocolate. On the palate a graphite edge reinforces the overall structured nature of the wine, but finishing sweet and open. Its flatter topography on clay soil and south east exposition means that Las Gundinas never struggles for ripeness; yielding a sensual, generous and easy-going wine that grabs one’s attention. A lower vineyard located at (just!) 500m altitude aged for 1 year in used 225L barrique, 100% whole bunch and 60-90 day maceration on the skins.

critic reviews

92/100Josh Raynolds,Vinous

Opaque garnet. Mineral-accented dark berries, cherry and candied flowers on the perfumed nose. Chewy and focused on the palate, offering bitter cherry and blackberry flavors that spread out and turn sweeter with air. Gently sweet and smooth on the long, spice- and floral-tinged finish, where dusty tannins add shape and grip.

DRINKING WINDOW 2021 - 2028

date of review 06/2021

92/100Luis Gutierrez,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2016 La Vizcaina Las Gundinas comes from a plot with deeper soils, and the wine feels quite immediate and fruit driven. There is a bitter touch in the palate. I've seen some ups and downs with this wine, and Raul Perez confirmed that the wines are variable, but they tend to deliver in the medium term. It's not particularly complex, but it drinks well. 4,500 bottles produced.

DRINKING WINDOW 2019 - 2022

date of review 02/2019