2020 Veronica Ortega 'ROC' Mencia, Bierzo, Spain Alessandro Viola Vibrant with cherry

Vibrant with cherry

Our goal was to conduct a layered extraction of Riesling skins

The fruit is pressed whole-cluster and undergoes alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in well-used barrels of varying sizes

indigenous yeast fermentation (16°C) in 500-liter demi-muids

From organically farmed

2020 Veronica Ortega 'ROC' Mencia, Bierzo, Spain Alessandro Viola Vibrant with cherryLike all of her wines, this is mostly Menca (here vines are 80 100 year old at 530mt altitude) with about 15% being local native white grapes (Palomino Fino, Godello, Doa Blanca) all organically farmed on clay, sand, slate, & limestone soils. The grapes are harvested by hand, 50% whole cluster, natural yeast fermentation in open top vat with regular pigeage, 20 day maceration with the skins. The wine goes on to age for 14 months in neutral 225L French