Bodegas Avancia Old Vines Mencia

Description

Bodegas Avancia Old Vines Mencia is a Spanish red wine from Galicia. It comes from the Valdeorras Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP). Valdeorras is home to the finest wines produced in Galicia and is particularly known for two of Spain’s most important indigenous grapes – Godello and Mencía.

Grupo Jorge Ordóñez

Bodegas Avancia is part of Grupo Jorge Ordóñez, a collection of five wine estates located in six of Spain’s oldest Denominaciones de Origen. The first winery in the group, Jorge Ordóñez Málaga, was founded by Jorge Ordóñez in 2004. Today, Bodegas La Caña in Rías Baixas, Bodegas Vatan in Toro & Rueda, Bodegas Breca in Calatayud, and Bodegas Avancia in Valdeorras.

A Spanish Wine Pioneer

Jorge Ordóñez was born in Malaga and ran his family’s wine wholesale business. In 1987, Ordóñez set up as a specialist Spanish wine importer and pioneer responsible for promoting and increasing the sales of premium Spanish wine into USA and Puerto Rico. Today, the importing business is increasingly led by his children, Mónica and Víctor Ordóñez, while Jorge continues to oversee production.

Bodegas Avancia Vineyards

The vineyards of Bodegas Avancia are located on the mountainsides at the heart of the Valdeorras DOP, high above the River Sil, in O Barco de Valdeorras.

The grapes for this wine come from three small parcels of vines within the Aeiroá single vineyard located on the southern bank of the River Sil on 30-degree slopes in the town of Raxoa. The climate is Mediterranean / Continental with an Atlantic influence. Very cold winters and very warm summers. The vineyards are oriented Northeast which promotes freshness and elegance during the very warm temperatures reached during the growing season.

The old vines grown here were planted in 1948, 1960 & 1963. The soils are primarily slate soils with small quantities of quartz. Due to the vineyard’s northern orientation, Aeiroa ripens both slowly and late, allowing the grapes to maintain high levels of acidity and balance.

The climate is Mediterranean / Continental with an Atlantic influence. Very cold winters and very warm summers.

Bodegas Avancia Old Vines Mencia Winemaking

• Traditional dry-farmed viticulture
• Organic farming practices: no chemically synthesised fungicides, pesticides, herbicides, or fertilisers
• Maceration and fermentation in antique demi-muids
• 75% of grapes are destemmed; the remaining 25% undergo semi-carbonic maceration with whole clusters – providing a crisp, lifted texture to the powerful wine
• Pre-fermentation maceration at 6°C for 48 hours
• Spontaneous fermentation without temperature control
• Malolactic fermentation is completed in the barrel after pressing in a vertical press
• 8 months ageing in used French oak barriques (2nd to 5th use)
• Further 4 months of bottle ageing before release
• Bodegas Avancia Old Vines Mencia Blend: 90% Mencía with 10% comprising of Garnacha Tintorera, Mouratón (Juan García), Gran Negro, Sousón, and Cariñena