A mencía-dominant field blend • grapes sourced by Raúl Pérez from various old-vine sites in the villages of Valtuille de Abajo and Otero on clay-alluvial and schist • whole-cluster fermentation in concrete vat with pumpovers for oxygenation • raised in two neutral 2500L french-oak foudres
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
Spain
Region:
Castilla Y Leon
Appellation:
Bierzo
Variety:
Mencia-based blend
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-GRP-01-22 | 12/750ml |
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2024-06-20
"The 2022 Encinas feels cleaner and less reductive than previous years, and it's floral, perfumed and even elegant. It fermented in concrete with 66% full clusters for 30 days and matured in a 5,000-liter oak vat. It's medium-bodied and juicy, with very fine tannins and elegant, floral flavors that linger on the finish. This is the most elegant vintage of Encinas that I can remember. It has a contained 13% alcohol. Some 6,000 bottles produced."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2021
Wine Advocate
Score
93+
Date
2023-08-10
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2023-04-24
"The 2021 Encinas feels cleaner and less reductive than previous years but still has the earthy rusticity that seems to define Graillot's wines from Bierzo. It comes from three local growers on granite soils (and just a little bit of slate), fermented with 100% full clusters in concrete and matured in a new 5,000-liter troncoconic oak foudre. The wine has clout and concentration despite being only 13% alcohol, and it has lovely rusticity that should make it age."
2020
Wine Spectator
Score
92
Date
2023-10-06
"Intense and savory on the nose, with leather, Earl Grey tea leaf and forest floor notes, this shows similar concentration to the well-spiced flavors of roasted black plum and black raspberry, yet set in a lithe, light- to medium-bodied frame. Offers plushly textured tannins, which emerge to firm the finish. Drink now through 2028. "
2020
Jancis Robinson
Score
17
Date
2023-11-06
"Lots of stoniness on the nose † very distinctive. Polished tannins and massive minerality but no shortage of flirtatious fruit."
2019
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2022-01-31
2019
Wine Spectator
Score
93
Date
2022-08-10