Oct 3, 2012

Peique Selección Familiar 2006



SWIC Score: 93 (JMG)
Tasting notes: Strawberry, cocoa, mint, liquorice, powerful, creamy, fresh.
Available: ON (VINTAGES 265520 - $ 45.00) vintage 2005

Region: D.O. Bierzo (Castilla y León)
Varieties: 100% Mencía
Ageing: 18 months in French oak barrel
Alcohol level: 14% alc./vol.

Very old grapes (70 to 90 years old) of Mencía give its character and features to this Peique Selección Familiar 2006. It is a wine that gives a meaning to something often said by Peique family: “You have to care a lot about a wine that takes your surname; you need to feel proud of it”. Grown in the family owned vineyards of Valtuille de Abajo (Bierzo region), at a height of more than 500 m above sea level, the grapes are harvested manually. After 18 months ageing in French oak barrels, the wine matures in bottles for at least 15 months more before it is commercialized.

Vintage tasted: 2006 (September 2012)

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