Raul Perez, Bierzo Penitencia Size:6x750ml grapefruit and vanilla notes

grapefruit and vanilla notes

with a mouthwatering finish

but unlike vintages of ten years ago

Its best showing was at a recent complete vertical

one for the cellar if you can resist temptation

Raul Perez, Bierzo Penitencia Size:6x750ml grapefruit and vanilla notesGrown within the DO zone of Ribeira Sacra, not far from Bierzo, but bottled without reference to the DO, this wine is a blend of mostly Menca with Caio and Bastardo, aged in used 500l French barrels It's completely different to Perez's El Rapolao, showing lovely cassis and floral aromas with an intense, finely grained structure in the mouth. It has a restraint on the finish which gives the tension that's sometimes referred to as minerality.