Raul Perez (La Vizcaina) Bierzo Mencia La Poulosa 2019 modified_title_tag this Chardonnay reveals the mineral

this Chardonnay reveals the mineral precision and understated elegance of the Côte d'Or

thanks to the region's dramatic day-night temperature swings

Decant and drink rather than cellar further

Approximately Classified Growth quality at a fraction of the price

Raul Perez (La Vizcaina) Bierzo Mencia La Poulosa 2019 modified_title_tag this Chardonnay reveals the mineralRaul Perez is the winemaker who dragged Bierzo out of obscurity and made Mencia a grape people argue about. La Vizcaina is his home turf project around Valtuille de Abajo, working the old parcels of slate and clay in the hills of northwest Spain, where the vines are frequently ancient and the plots are tiny. La Poulosa is one of the single site bottlings, and like the rest of the range it goes light on extraction and heavy on site expression. Mencia