Raul Perez, Bierzo Penitencia Size:6x750ml A more complex nose reflects

A more complex nose reflects notes of a range of primarily red berry fruit

The estate’s 2004 Barolo Vigna Rionda is beautifully perfumed

This too is firmly reduced and unreadable

Only the return of warmer weather at the start of September imbued the vintage with a freshness of great Chardonnay in tune with the subtly restrained power of Pinot Noir and a soupçon of rounded Meunier – that final little touch making the wine more pleasurable to drink soon

Raul Perez, Bierzo Penitencia Size:6x750ml A more complex nose reflectsGrown within the DO zone of Ribeira Sacra, not far from Bierzo, but bottled without reference to the DO, this wine is a blend of mostly Menca with Caio and Bastardo, aged in used 500l French barrels It's completely different to Perez's El Rapolao, showing lovely cassis and floral aromas with an intense, finely grained structure in the mouth. It has a restraint on the finish which gives the tension that's sometimes referred to as minerality.