There is a new red, sourced from two plots of ancient wines in the village of Espanillo that belonged to a vigneron called Valentín who died and gave the vineyards to Gregory Pérez who produced this 2016 La Vigne de El Rebolón as an homage to him. Its heady and ripe, quite fruit-driven, with lots of violets, a little like a Touriga Nacional and with a juicy and fleshy palate but with enough tannic structure to support it. Its a hedonistic style of Mencía with the depth of old vines where there are perhaps 15% of Garnacha Tintorera and other varieties. Only 830 bottles were filled after 16 months of élevage in a 600-liter oak demi-muid.Luis Gutierrez, TWA.

There is a new red, sourced from two plots of ancient wines in the village of Espanillo that belonged to a vigneron called Valentín who died and gave the vineyards to Gregory Pérez who produced this 2016 La Vigne de El Rebolón as an homage to him. Its heady and ripe, quite fruit-driven, with lots of violets, a little like a Touriga Nacional and with a juicy and fleshy palate but with enough tannic structure to support it. Its a hedonistic style of Mencía with the depth of old vines where there are perhaps 15% of Garnacha Tintorera and other varieties. Only 830 bottles were filled after 16 months of élevage in a 600-liter oak demi-muid.Luis Gutierrez, TWA.