Post Crucifixion

Spain
Bierzo
2021

50% Mencía, 10% Palomino, 20% Merenzao, 10% Brancellao, 10% Godello coming from a tiny .25 hectare a very old vineyard in the village of La Muria. Whole cluster fermentation in Tinaja, and has a long maceration on the skins followed by elevage in mixed oak barrels (225ml, and 600ml). Unique among all of the Bierzo wines we have and have tasted, it has incredible earthy tones, and minerality.

98 points
"The 2021 Post-Crucifixión is from an ancient plot of 0.25 hectares planted with a field blend of Mencía and plenty of Galician varieties—Merenzao, Brancellao, Palomino or Godello in Santalla del Bierzo. The cooler 2021 delivered a wine with only 12% alcohol and lots of freshness. It fermented with 100% full clusters that were foot trodden in clay tinajas with a long maceration and aged 18 months in used 500-liter French oak barrels. Here, they have quite a lot of Merenzao (or Trousseau) that, in this cooler year, seems to mark the wine quite a lot, with perfumed and elegant floral aromas. It's ethereal and elegant, very fine-boned. This is more in line with the 2018 than the 2019, with the personality and perhaps a little more depth and complexity but still quite ethereal. Superb! They have closed the vineyards so they don't get the wild boards that use to eat a lot of grapes; so in the future, there might be a little more wine. Only 593 bottles were filled in June 2023. -"
Luis Gutiérrez,
Wine Advocate
8/10/2023

SKU/Code: 
DB3870-21
Product Line: 
Wine
Red
Varietal: 
Mencia
Farming Type: 
Organic