Kinki Vino de Paraje 2023

An electric wine with vibrant acidity, this is a very Galician style of red Bierzo. A field blend of Mencía, Doña Blanca, Godello, Palomino and Alicante Bouschet from 80 to 100-yearold vines, the wine is 100% whole bunch fermented and spends eight months in amphora. With redcurrant and wild strawberries, the wine is crunchy and cool while there’s just the right amount of tannic grip to drive the wine. A lovely touch of salinity adds even more life. Delicious! 2024-28

The 2023 Kinki has to be the most perfumed, floral and elegant vintage for this bottling; it's a grownup wine, not a teenager anymore. It has very juicy fruit and is really elegant and balanced, more serious but drinkable. It was produced with the grapes from a vineyard that has up to 25% other grapes, not only Mencía but Doña Blanca, Palomino, Godello, Alicante Bouschet (more than usual, which provides freshness) and Estaladiña. It fermented with full clusters, all the varieties together, in and open 5,000-liter oak vat. It comes in at 12.7% alcohol with a pH of 3.4, aiming at contained ripeness, low extraction and high drinkability. The ripeness is more complete and more homogeneous this year in the zone of Cobrana, and the wines are more serious, with a core of bright red fruit, fresh and elegant. It's always bottled early, before the summer, and was bottled in May 2024. 4,378 bottles produced.