Castro Candaz A Boca do Demo 2019
The 'top' Galician mencía from Raúl Pérez
Castro Candaz A Boca do Demo 2019 is the new vintage of the top red wine in Ribeira Sacra by the brilliant winemaker from Bierzo, Raúl Pérez. Castro Candaz A Boca do Demo 2019 is a single-varietal Mencía that captivates with its marked elegance and richness of nuances. Not to be missed.
Consumption features
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Mencía
Type of barrel
French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
12 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
13
General Information
Made with mencía grapes from a single vineyard between 70 and 120 years old, planted in granitic and decomposed slate soils, at an altitude of between 200 and 450 meters, the red wine Castro Candaz A Boca do Demo 2019 showcases the undeniable talent of its creators, the winemakers, partners, and friends, Raúl Pérez and Rodrigo Méndez.
The practice of traditional agriculture and winemaking are the guiding principles of the joint project of Pérez and Méndez in the D.O. Ribeira Sacra. In the case of Castro Candaz A Boca do Demo 2019, it is worth noting that the fermentation took place in chestnut wood vats and the 12-month aging was carried out in French oak barrels. The production of this refined, concentrated but well-acidic, and very elegant red wine was, once again, very limited.
The winery
Raúl Pérez Bodegas y Viñedos is not a typical winery. For the Bercian winemaker, his company is not about having facilities and a handful of vineyard hectares which he does have, in Salas de los Barrios (where he produces Ultreia Valtuille) and Valdevimbre- but about making wine wherever he feels like it, whether in Monterrei, Ribeira Sacra, or South Africa. Raúl is a wine enthusiast who embarks on projects he believes in and advises numerous wineries in the northwest of Spain.
Raúl Pérez, born in Valtuille de Abajo (León), began his career in 1993 at the family winery Castro Ventosa. After working there for 10 years, he decided to broaden his horizons and, having become a truly free spirit, started a series of projects, each more successful than the last. He became the technical director of Bodegas Estefanía, also in Bierzo, and continued producing and advising in various regions such as León, Rías Baixas, Ribeira Sacra, Monterrei, Madrid, and Portugal, among others. Raúl Pérez is currently considered one of the best winemakers in this country and, unanimously, as the one with the brightest future.