2023 Descendientes de Jose Palacios - Mencia Bierzo Petalos de Bierzo (750ml)
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In 2023, Descendientes de J. Palacios presents Pétalos del Bierzo Mencía, a wine that captures the energy Álvaro Palacios brought to Bierzo and the ancient slate terraces where Mencía thrives. Sourced from old-vine Mencía grown on steep slate and quartzite hillsides, it embodies the tension between Atlantic freshness and Continental warmth.
Tasting profile
Aromas: wild blueberry, violet, crushed slate, with a whisper of herbs and dark spice.
Palate: silky, weightless, and incredibly fresh, with mineral precision and lifted acidity that invites another glass.
Terroir and vintage notes
The 2023 vintage delivers Mencía's aromatic brilliance on a palate that remains bright and expressive. The wine is rooted in old vines on dramatic slate and quartzite slopes in Bierzo, a terroir that blends maritime freshness with inland warmth for a distinctive, energizing style.
Serving style
Light enough to chill slightly, yet complex enough to contemplate, Pétalos offers immediate appeal and continued intrigue with every sip.
93+ Points
"The 2023 Pétalos has around 20% grapes from Corullón and the rest bought from around 100 families across Bierzo, approximately 91% Mencía, 8% whites and 1% other reds that fermented in open-top oak and stainless steel vats with indigenous yeast. Malolactic fermentation took a couple of months in oak and stainless steel, and the wine matured in barriques and bocoyes for 10 months. It comes in at 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.74. It has a serious nose that combines berry fruit with herbs and a licorice twist, and it is a little tighter and more herbal, denoting more sensation of freshness in the wine even if the year was also warmish. But the peaks of heat did not reach the highs they did in 2022. It makes you think of the Bierzo wines from yesteryear, with the rain during the harvest. It's elegant but there's weight. Despite the price level, this is a wine that aged beautifully in bottle, something you don't expect in an entry-level wine. Final production figures were as expected, 297,867 bottles. The wine was bottled between January and April 2025. This keeps its position as one of the best values in Spain."
In 2023, Descendientes de J. Palacios presents Pétalos del Bierzo Mencía, a wine that captures the energy Álvaro Palacios brought to Bierzo and the ancient slate terraces where Mencía thrives. Sourced from old-vine Mencía grown on steep slate and quartzite hillsides, it embodies the tension between Atlantic freshness and Continental warmth.
Tasting profile
Aromas: wild blueberry, violet, crushed slate, with a whisper of herbs and dark spice.
Palate: silky, weightless, and incredibly fresh, with mineral precision and lifted acidity that invites another glass.
Terroir and vintage notes
The 2023 vintage delivers Mencía's aromatic brilliance on a palate that remains bright and expressive. The wine is rooted in old vines on dramatic slate and quartzite slopes in Bierzo, a terroir that blends maritime freshness with inland warmth for a distinctive, energizing style.
Serving style
Light enough to chill slightly, yet complex enough to contemplate, Pétalos offers immediate appeal and continued intrigue with every sip.
93+ Points
"The 2023 Pétalos has around 20% grapes from Corullón and the rest bought from around 100 families across Bierzo, approximately 91% Mencía, 8% whites and 1% other reds that fermented in open-top oak and stainless steel vats with indigenous yeast. Malolactic fermentation took a couple of months in oak and stainless steel, and the wine matured in barriques and bocoyes for 10 months. It comes in at 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.74. It has a serious nose that combines berry fruit with herbs and a licorice twist, and it is a little tighter and more herbal, denoting more sensation of freshness in the wine even if the year was also warmish. But the peaks of heat did not reach the highs they did in 2022. It makes you think of the Bierzo wines from yesteryear, with the rain during the harvest. It's elegant but there's weight. Despite the price level, this is a wine that aged beautifully in bottle, something you don't expect in an entry-level wine. Final production figures were as expected, 297,867 bottles. The wine was bottled between January and April 2025. This keeps its position as one of the best values in Spain."
