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Bodega Mengoba vineyards span over Espanillo, Valtuille, Villafranca de El Bierzo and Carracedo. On slaty, calcareous and stony grounds, old grapevines are grown in cup shape.Two varieties of grape are cultivated to make our white wine, Doña Blanca and Godello. The vine plants are between 25 and 80 years old. Godello and Doña Blanca are autochthonous varieties from El Bierzo. Vineyards work is absolutely artisan, and Gregory Pérez takes great pride in that. They are even ploughed by cows, a very inusual practice nowadays in our country. This, together with green pruning and integrated fight treatments, allows the grapevines to receive products only when there is great risk of diseases. Furthermore, the high altitude in wich grapes are grown and the wind streams they receive greatly reduce the need for treatments.

BREZO TINTO

WINE AREA: Bierzo

GRAPE VARIETIES: Mencía, Alicante bouschet

VINEYARD AGE : plots of Mencía are located in Horta and Villafranca del Bierzo  at 550 meters of altitude, the average age of the vineyard is about 30 years.

TYPE OF SOIL : Clay with Sandy areas.

VINIFICATION : After a hand harvest  in boxes, the grape is checked, de-stemmed and crushed.  traditional vinification with pump over during the alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel.


BREZO BLANCO

WINE AREA: Bierzo

GRAPE VARIETIES: Godello and Doña Blanca

VINEYARD AGE : Godello small plots located in Carracedo, Valtuille and Villafranca del Bierzo, the average year of the vineyard is 20 years. Doña Blanca comes from old vines in cup shape collected at Espanillo, Carracedo and Valtuille.

TYPE OF SOIL: Due to the different areas of vineyard soil type is extremely diverse, calcareous-clay at Valtuille and Villafranca, stony in Carracedo and slate in Espanillo

VINIFICATION: After a manual vintage in boxes, the grape is selected and passes through a pneumatic press. The juice is fermented at low temperature, the fine lees are selected to make  the aging for 5 months with weekly batonnage. The bottling is done with a slight clarification and filtration.

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12.5%


MENGOBA TINTO

WINE AREA: Bierzo

GRAPE VARIETIES: Mencia

VINEYARD AGE: Mencia plots are located in Espanillo from 700 to 850 meters, the average age of vines is 80 years  old, about 5 ha of surface.

TYPE OF SOIL: The soil is decomposed slate with sandy areas, the ground worked in an artisanal way, on a small scale with three passes with plows pulled by two cows.

VINIFICATION: After a hand harvest  in boxes, the grape is checked, de-stemmed and crushed. Then moved directly into “integral vinification” barrels  where it remains until bottling. The aging period is 11 months for the vintage 2008. The bottled without filtration is done with a slight clarification.

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14%


MENGOBA BLANCO

WINE AREA: Bierzo

GRAPE VARIETIES: Godello

VINEYARD AGE: 20 years old vines

TYPE OF SOIL: descomposed schist and slate

VINIFICATION: After a manual harvest in crates, the grapes are carefully selected and suffer a soft pressing. They will go directly to 400-liter casks of wine, and will continue its aging on lees for 10 months.




FLOR DE BREZO

WINE AREA: Bierzo

GRAPE VARIETIES: Mencia and Alicante Bochet

VINEYARD AGE: the average age of the vineyard is about 30 years.

TYPE OF SOIL: decomposed slate with sandy areas, the ground worked in an artisanal way, on a small scale with three passes with plows pulled by two cows  in Espanillo and Clay with Sandy areas in Valtuille

VINIFICATION: After a hand harvest  in boxes, the grape is checked, de-stemmed and crushed.  Tradicional vinification with pumping over during the alcoholic fermentation in barrels and ageing during 6 months.

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13,5%