Margon Valdemuz Prieto Picudo 2014 (750ml)

In 1995, Eugenio Gonzalez and Raul Perez began a journey together to learn more about Prieto Picudo and Albarin and how to make wines from these grapes in Leon. After about 10 years of experimentation, they began to build Bodegas Margon in 2006. In 2006 and 2007 they purchased 75 plots, totaling 19 hectares of vineyards with vines aged from 90 to over 100 years of age in the area of Pajares de los Oteros south and west of Leon city. 

The single parcel reds see extended elevage in large format wood under flor.  Because the area is very cold in the winter and the wines have low ph malolactic fermentation can take a long time.  The flor allows for that long aging in wood without the need for added SO2 so the wines can finish malo.

From a single parcel of 80+ years old of Prieto Picudo in Leon. Aged in used French oak for 24 months and then aged in bottle for 24 months minimum before release. 

The austere and serious 2014 Pricum Valdemuz comes from a 120-year-old Prieto Picudo vineyard at 900+ meters in altitude on limestone and clay soils. It fermented in oak foudres and matured in French oak barrels for two years under a veil of yeasts. It has an ultra classic profile and is already developing aromatic complexity and tertiary aromas that are subtle and complex, with hints of spices and smoke. It is balanced, and the tannins are polished, still abundant and a little dusty, giving it the rustic-elegant style of the wine. 1,754 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2016. This should continue living in bottle for a long time.