Raul Perez, La Vizcaina - La Vitoriana, Bierzo 2020 MAGNUM Arinto Maturing concentrated ruby with orange

Maturing concentrated ruby with orange tinges

well-defined and concentrated bouquet with a mixture of black and blue fruit

or with cod pie

If the idea of drinking Champagne with food seems alien this is the one to convince you otherwise - try it with chicken and girolles

smoky sense of place

Raul Perez, La Vizcaina - La Vitoriana, Bierzo 2020 MAGNUM Arinto Maturing concentrated ruby with orangeA beautifully ripe intermingling of dark and red fruits with a spine of cooling acidity, perhaps derived from that north exposition. A finely tannic impression and no trace of oak; its a beautifully unadorned Bierzo. Planted in 1881, La Vitoriana is still on Pie Franco rootstocks and faces north at 600m elevation. Dense and deep flavoured. Throbbing with potential. Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson. com (16. 5)