| Producer | Raul Perez |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Bierzo |
| Varietal | Mencia |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 01514 |
| Size | 750ml |
The blend is similar to Perez's Ultreia St Jacques, but all the fruit comes from a tiny plot of 100+ year-old, ungrafted, vines in Bierzo's El Rapolao cru. The whole grape bunches go into open-top chestnut vats, ferment at their own pace with native yeasts, and then sit and soak for 30 days after fermentation with no sulfur while a film of flor yeast grows across the top. The free-run juice is drained into two used 500-liter and one 225 liter French oak casks to rest for 12 months. Around 1,500 bottles are filled.
If you're looking for a blockbuster, big and bold, wine this is NOT it! This is all about delicacy, silkiness, and purity, with highly polished tannins and a floral, blue-fruited, finsih that does not quit. It's delicious now, probably at peak from 2024 and best enjoyed through the end of the decade. Lovely stuff.
"It's not clear which vintage is better for the Ultreia range, as it depends on the wine. I think the 2019 Ultreia El Rapolao is better than the 2020, perhaps because it's from a warmer and riper year, when this wine tends to behave better. This is juicy, round and complete, with abundant, very fine tannins and the balance and stuffing to develop nicely in bottle."
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