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Score 98/100 · Drink 2023-2032, Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate, Aug 2023

The single-vineyard red 2021 Valtuille La Vitoriana comes from some of the oldest vineyards in the village in a lieu-dit with that only five owners planted with a field blend of Mencía, Garnacha Tintorera, Trousseau and other white varieties. It fermented with 30% full clusters in an oak vat with indigenous yeasts and 60 days of maceration and matured in a 500-liter oak barrel for 12 months. It has 13.46% alcohol and is medium-bodied and fine-boned. This is very elegant, complete, harmonious and complex, with integrated oak and fine-grained tannins. Only 620 bottles were filled in March 2023.

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97
97/100

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98
98/100

Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate

95
95/100

Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous

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Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous
Score 95/100 · Drink 2025-2040, Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous

The 2021 Valtuille Vitoriana is Mencía from La Vitoriana, Valtuille, Bierzo, a site shared by five owners, four of whom bottle wine. Aromatically restrained, it combines hints of blood, violet, rosehip and orange peel with light reduction. The 2021 is broad and silky, with delicate tannins and a compact structure, blending fruit and texture with muscle and elegance.

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Castro Ventosa
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Grape Blend

Mencia, Grenache/ Garnacha

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business. 根據香港法律,不得在業務過程中,向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類 。
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