Avancia - Cuvee de O - Mencia

Overview: Cuvée de O Mencía is produced from two small vineyard sites located in the towns of Barreiros and Ferreiruscas. Planted in 1950 and 1980, respectively, these plots are both head trained, dry farmed, and cared for without the use of harmful fungicides, herbicides, or pesticides. These vineyards are in fact field blends, with extremely small quantities of other indigenous red Galician varieties making up the vineyards. Bodegas Avancia works with exclusively northeastern oriented vineyards. Valdeorras is an extremely hot region during the growing season, and the best vineyard sites are oriented to the northeast, which preserves the freshness and acidity of the grapes. As mentioned, the slate soils add an incredible minerality to the wine, and most importantly, these two vineyards are planted with the original clones of Mencía, which produce very small, dark berries. Both vineyards are planted on 30˚ slopes overlooking the Sil. Tasting Notes: Ripe blackberries with a deep set ofr