Barrica de castaño 12 meses
Cardenal Rodrigo de Castro
Barrica de castaño 12 meses
This is the same rescued 2019, given five more months in chestnut. The extra time made it the deeper of the two, and the fuller. Dark fruit and ripe plum, toasted nuts, a thread of leather, then clove and black pepper, and a mineral note at the end like wet slate. The finish is long and savoury, closer to jamón ibérico de bellota than to anything sweet. There are 228 bottles, and there will be no more.
Free shipping on 12 bottles or more.
New bottlings are sealed with wax from our own bees.
SERVING AND STORAGE
Store the bottles on their side, somewhere dark and cool. Once open, put the cork back and finish it within three days.
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
Spain: €15 on orders under €100, €10 up to €250, €5 above that. Free on 6 bottles or more.
European Union: €25 on orders under €100, €20 up to €250, €15 above that. Free on 12 bottles or more.
United Kingdom and Switzerland: €25 per order to the UK, €30 to Switzerland. Import duty and tax are paid on delivery. Free on 12 bottles or more.
United States: shown at checkout. Free on 12 bottles or more.
Orders leave the bodega within two working days. If a bottle arrives damaged or corked, tell us and we will replace it.
FROM THE BODEGA
We make wine in Ribeira Sacra, where slate, granite and slopes above the Sil give Mencía its edge. The grapes are picked by hand and brought down in small crates. Nothing chemical touches the vines; plants, flowers and the living rows are part of the work.
FROM THE SLOPES
The slopes make you slow down.
The terraces rise above the Sil. Each grape comes down by hand, and the slate under the vines gives the wine its mineral edge.
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