2022 Raul Pérez La Vizcaína El Rapolao

Raúl Pérez is without a doubt the most mediatized winemaker in all of Spain at the moment. However, his wines are almost impossible to find! Everyone talks about them, but few have tasted them. Raúl is present in countless appellations and regions, not only in Spain, but also in South Africa, Portugal, South America. The common thread in his work is the recovery of vieilles vignes of indigenous grape varieties and the making of authentic wines with a lot of character and personality. Or to put it in his own words: 'I prefer to make an undrinkably bad Galician wine, but at least let it be a Galician wine.' He has already vinified dozens of wines in countless different regions (mostly in the northwest of Spain, and also beyond), but which have never been marketed. He tests, he tries, and also fails very often. This way of working naturally gives him a great deal of experience, which later enables him to get the most out of one grape variety or one region.

Today he makes or helps make more than 80 wines. Finally, he has also recently settled down by growing two mini bodegas of his own: one in the Tierra de León region, in the village of Valdevimbre, and another in his native Bierzo, where he makes his own Ultreias, the absolute essence of Mencía, in the village of Salas de los Barrios. Raúl always works as purely as possible. He uses the minimum amount of SO2. La Vizcaína is a project by Raul Pérez in which he classifies the wines according to origin with regard to solar orientation, terroir, etc. La Vizcaína is the name given by the inhabitants of Valtuille to Raul's father, an oenologist who died at a young age. Raul is assisted in this project by his nephew and oenologist Cesar Marquez. The Lomas de Valtuille, Las Gundiñas is a 100% Mencia. It is a biodynamic wine. No temperature control during fermentation. During vinification, the principles of gravity are applied, without pumping and with as few interventions as possible to get the wine as pure, clean and expressive as possible in the bottle. Fermentation and maceration in 5000 liter foeders. 10 months maturation in French oak barrels of the 2nd year.

The Raul Pérez La Vizcaína El Rapolao is deep in color and brilliantly clear. The first contact is fruity with northern characteristics. No trace of the barrel aging, nor of the rivulets. Youthful aroma palette. Richly filled and coherent. Mencia in its pure and complex form with a continental backbone and no trace of the barrel aging. 95/100 Parker. Our regular customers know that we are a big fan of the wines from this region made from Mencia (or the white Godello) such as the wines of Perez and for example Val de Sil . The continental influences and the style give the wines a Burgundian signature and gives wines with an incredible price-quality ratio!

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