2022 Veronica Ortega 'Quite' Mencia, Bierzo, Spain Chateau Bellegrave the grape’s epicentre and source

the grape’s epicentre and source of Piemonte’s first DOC bianco in 1967

The wine is blanketed with CO2 until the cuvee is generating its own

Beyond the beautiful view

with very acidic and sandy soils

The ferments were gently foot stomped and after 8-12 days

2022 Veronica Ortega 'Quite' Mencia, Bierzo, Spain Chateau Bellegrave the grape’s epicentre and sourceThis is a pre order item expected to arrive mid February 2026. From a series of plots in Valtuille de Abajo, the mencia vineyards around 90 100 years old, on clay sandy soils with boulders (quartzites, slates) predominant in the Bierzo valley. All organic viticulture, hand harvested, 100% destemmed grapes in stainless steel tanks, with a light work during fermentation, to avoid a marked extraction. Short macerations (5 7 days). Aging of about 7