Casar de Burbia, Bierzo, Hombros Mencia

Nice surprise and a classic Spanish wine that is excellent from a price to quality POV. Medium ruby in color with some garnet at the edge. Takes a little for the nose to show it’s medium intensity of red fruits - red plum and raspberry. Nice notes of dried herbs and light white pepper spice too. No idea what oak regiment it has had but secondary notes of cedar and even a touch of tertiary hint of wet leaves and …

Typical and recognizable. Lots of red fruit and some minerality coming from supposed centuries-old vineyards. Also some wood. Sweet and somewhat short on the palate, that is, without surprises. Perfect for those who want to discover this area. Típico y reconocible. Mucha fruta roja y algo de mineralidad procediendo de supuestos viñedos centenarios. También algo de madera. Goloso y algo corto al paladar, es decir, sin sorpresas. Perfecto para los que deseen descubrir esta zona.

With spice and fleshy minerality, The place is apparently like Lord of the Rings. Crazy. CLean and bright spice with some solid mid palate weight. Tasty.

Give this wine an hour of glass time or open before it tastes like it should