Organic Villaje wine made of 100% Mencía grape from Bierzo D.O. sourced from our old vineyards

• Exhibitor: TENOIRA GAYOSO
• Brand name: Tenoira Mencia ecologico
• Sector: VINO TINTO CON D.O. CON CRIANZA
• Organic Exhibition Area

TENOIRA MENCÍA ECOLÓGICO   PRODUCTION: 25,000 bottles   VINEYARD CHARACTERISTICS   Topography: Clay soils with pebbles Altitude: 550 m Climate: microclimate with continental and Atlantic influences. Approximate age of the vines: 22 years old     PRODUCT DESCRIPTION   Tenoira Mencía Ecológico is a red wine made from the Mencía variety, fermented at a controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks. Once this process is complete, the wine is transferred to oak barrels, where it remains for four months. All grapes come from our own vineyards, which are cultivated using organic farming techniques.   TASTING NOTE:   Picota cherry red colour with cardinal red tones typical of the variety and its youth. A highly intense nose with touches of fruit characteristic of Mencía. Particularly notable are the forcefully expressed raspberries and fruits of the forest. The wine is rounded, with well integrated tannins. It is lively, fresh, quite fruity and balanced, with a very pleasant finish.

Tenoira is a family winery in the heart of El Bierzo. In 1994, motivated by the conviction that El Bierzo has unique natural characteristics for vine-growing, they bought an old, completely abandoned vineyard. This was transformed into a grazing area and for six years it was used as a free pasture for their cows, so that cattle farming, to which they had devoted their whole lives, could be added to the project.   Tenoira brand wines are made with quality grapes from its 23 hectares of vineyards growing the Mencía and Godello varieties. The vines are between 22 and 60 years old and the wines are produced with maximum control of all production phases, applying new viticulture techniques. The greatest possible respect is shown to the environment and the excellent properties of the grape varieties  from a single 18-hectare plot called Paraje de La Padorniña.