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Location: Spain, Bierzo
Winemaker: Germán Blanco
Grapes: Mencia, with a bit of Tintorera and Palomino
Winemaking: Organic farming. Hand harvest. La Nave is Casa Aurora's entry point. A regional wine from Albares, in Bierzo Alto, mostly from north-face vineyards planted on rocky and clay soils, averaging about 75-years of age, it is made mostly from Mencia, with a bit of Tintorera and Palomino. The grapes are destemmed and the wines are made in open 400 liter French oak barrels. It was aged for 13 months in foudre and tanks before bottling.
From the Importer Bowler: Casa Aurora is German Blanco's homage to his great-grandmother, one of the first female miners in Spain, who raised him in Albares de la Ribera, a small village in Leon.
Here, in a tiny hamlet just outside the Bierzo DO, German makes pure wines from micro-vineyards that dot the landscape, and are usually planted with very old vines of a variety of different grapes: Palomino, Mencia, Tintorera, Merenzao, Godello, Garnacha... The high-altitude and the iron-rich clay soils of the area gives these mountain wines a great balance between a soft mouthfeel and firm tannins. There is also a fair amount of granitic rocks in the terroir, and these are probably responsible for the floral, distinctive aromas of the wines.
His line-up consists of a few single-vineyard labeled wines, as well as regional ones, and the production - under 10.000 bottles - comes from a mix of purchased fruit as well as from owned vineyards. He farms organically and the wines, made in a tiny cellar as charming as his labels, are made from spontaneous fermentations in a variety of vessels, including amphorae, old foudres, and tanks.
Location: Spain, Bierzo
Winemaker: Germán Blanco
Grapes: Mencia, with a bit of Tintorera and Palomino
Winemaking: Organic farming. Hand harvest. La Nave is Casa Aurora's entry point. A regional wine from Albares, in Bierzo Alto, mostly from north-face vineyards planted on rocky and clay soils, averaging about 75-years of age, it is made mostly from Mencia, with a bit of Tintorera and Palomino. The grapes are destemmed and the wines are made in open 400 liter French oak barrels. It was aged for 13 months in foudre and tanks before bottling.
From the Importer Bowler: Casa Aurora is German Blanco's homage to his great-grandmother, one of the first female miners in Spain, who raised him in Albares de la Ribera, a small village in Leon.
Here, in a tiny hamlet just outside the Bierzo DO, German makes pure wines from micro-vineyards that dot the landscape, and are usually planted with very old vines of a variety of different grapes: Palomino, Mencia, Tintorera, Merenzao, Godello, Garnacha... The high-altitude and the iron-rich clay soils of the area gives these mountain wines a great balance between a soft mouthfeel and firm tannins. There is also a fair amount of granitic rocks in the terroir, and these are probably responsible for the floral, distinctive aromas of the wines.
His line-up consists of a few single-vineyard labeled wines, as well as regional ones, and the production - under 10.000 bottles - comes from a mix of purchased fruit as well as from owned vineyards. He farms organically and the wines, made in a tiny cellar as charming as his labels, are made from spontaneous fermentations in a variety of vessels, including amphorae, old foudres, and tanks.