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El Castañal 2018
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/ 0.75 L btl

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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%

Ratings and awards

202092 PK
201993? PK
201693 PN93 SK
201590 SK92 DC
201492 PN90 SK
PK: ParkerPN: PeñínSK: SucklingDC: Decanter

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

A new top-of-the-range Mencía, the 2019 El Castañal is a Vino de Paraje Valdaiga and was made with hand-destemmed grapes from a vineyard that names the wine. There is exceptional fruit here, but unfortunately, the wine is encapsulated in creamy oak and is ripe with 14.5% alcohol and moderate acidity. The 14 months in brand-new small barrels smothers the delicate character and perfume of Mencía. Maybe with more time in bottle? Only 515 bottles were filled in July 2021.

— Luis Gutiérrez (31/01/2022)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2019 - 93? PARKER

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The winery

Bodega Casar de Burbia

Bodega Casar de Burbia

Casar de Burbia is a purely family-owned winery that was founded by Nemesio Fernández Bruña, the first generation of a saga of vine growers and vine-growers, as they themselves like to call themselves, which has survived to this day. That boy who, back in the 1940s, was entrusted with cleaning the clay vats as he was the only one who fit through the narrow mouths, decided in 1989 to make his dream come true and began to acquire old vineyards in El Bierzo. Obsessed with altitude...

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