Parajes de Bierzo Cesar Marquez 2023
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Parajes de Bierzo Cesar Marquez 2023
HED29894
75 cl
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£22.00
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Parajes de Bierzo César Márquez 2023 is a blended red wine crafted from various plots across El Bierzo, Spain. Showcasing the region`s diverse soils and microclimates at elevations between 450 and 780 metres, the wine is composed of 85% Mencía and 10% Alicante Bouschet, with the remainder from additional native varieties. César Márquez focuses on low-intervention techniques, maintaining transparency of the region`s terroir. This elegant medium-bodied red wine was matured for one year in a mix of 225-, 400-, and 500-litre oak barrels.
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The 2023 Parajes is his regional red, a blend of different places, soils, expositions and altitudes (between 450 and 780 meters above sea level). It`s a real representation of El Bierzo, with grapes from 45 different plots in nine villages. The vines range in age from 80 to 142 years of old and are planted with field blends—approximately 85% Mencía, 10% Alicante Bouschet and 5% other white and red varieties like Bastardo, Sousón and Estaladiña. There are always some full clusters, depending on vintage and plot, and part of the wine ferments in stainless steel and part of it is in bins, as he ferments by plot. The wine matured in 225-, 400- and 500-liter oak barrels for one year. It has moderate ripeness and 13.08% alcohol, a pH of 3.58 and 5.34 grams of acidity, making it lower in alcohol than the 2022 and with more freshness. It`s serious and balanced, elegant and fine-boned. It gets very close to the village red this year. This is a bargain. 34,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2025.
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