Est. 2001. Importer & Distributor of Fine Wine, Craft Spirits, and Ginjo Sake
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Item Number: 5156
UPC: None
Country: Spain
Region: Galicia
Appellation/AVA: Monterrei DO
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2008
Grape(s): 100% Mencia
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 13
Viticulture: Certified Organic
Soil Type: Slate
Elevation: 2,220 feet
Case Production: 100
Aging: 14 months in 3 year old French oak and 11 months in the bottle before release.
Vinification: Fermented with its own yeast in stainless steel tank.
About: Quinta da Muradella, located in the town of Verín in the Monterrei DO, is a garage winery where proprietor Jose Luis Mateo and Raul Perez make small production wines from 34 unique parcels (all of them certified Organic by CRAEGA). The mission of QDM is to showcase the tipicity of each of the 3 different districts of this appellation (Tamaguelos, Oimbra and Pazos de Monterrei) but also to make wines that relate to the different historic periods this region has undergone since the 1800s. Since then, Monterrei has seen three faces of history in terms of varieties used for vinification. The wines made today by the local wineries no longer speak the language of the past. Due to this lost of identity, Jose Luis Mateo and Raul Perez felt the mission to recover and capture lost varieties and genetic materials facing extinction to fashion wines that once existed. In a certain way, this winery is like a liquid book of history.
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Quinta da Muradella 2008 'Berrande' (Mencia), Monterrei DO
Rating: 91
The 2008 QDM Berrande was sourced from a single Mencia vineyard, fermented with native yeasts, and aged for 14 months in seasoned French oak. Hints of licorice, anise, and balsamic add complexity to the primary aromas of black cherry and black raspberry. Savory, ripe, sweetly-fruited, and nicely proportioned, this lengthy effort can be approached now and over the next 8-10 years.
- The Wine Advocate (6/1/2011)
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