Raul Perez, La Vizcaina - La Vitoriana, Bierzo 2020 MAGNUM Arinto subtle mocha and tobacco

subtle mocha and tobacco

or with cod pie

If the idea of drinking Champagne with food seems alien this is the one to convince you otherwise - try it with chicken and girolles

smoky sense of place

with a mouth guided by a tannic structure with a silky grain and chewy black fruit that persists in a finish full of finesse

Raul Perez, La Vizcaina - La Vitoriana, Bierzo 2020 MAGNUM Arinto subtle mocha and tobaccoA 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; its a beautifully unadorned Bierzo. Planted in 1881, La Vitoriana is still on Pie Franco rootstocks and faces north at 600m elevation. Dense and deep flavoured. Throbbing with potential. Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson. com (16. 5)