Raúl Pérez is without a doubt the most mediatized winemaker in all of Spain today. However, his wines are almost impossible to find! Everyone talks about it, but few have tasted it yet. Raúl is present in numerous appellations and regions, not only in Spain, but also in South Africa, Portugal, South America. The common thread in his work is the recovery of vieilles vignes from indigenous grape varieties and the making of authentic wines with a lot of character and personality. Or to put it in his own words: 'I'd rather make an undrinkable Galician wine, but at least let it be a Galician wine.' He has already vinified dozens of wines in countless different regions (mostly in the northwest of Spain, and also beyond), but which have never been marketed. He tests, he tries, and often fails. This way of working naturally gives him a lot of experience, with which he is later able to get the most out of one grape variety or one region.

Today he makes or contributes to more than 80 wines. Finally, he has more or less settled down recently by renovating two mini bodegas of his own: one in the Tierra de León region, in the village of Valdevimbre, and another in his native Bierzo, where he is in the village of Salas de los Barrios. own Ultreias, the absolute essence of Mencía. Raúl always works organically and as pure as possible. It uses the minimum of SO2.

La Vizcaína is a project by Raul Pérez in which he categorizes the wines according to origin with regard to sun orientation, terroir, etc. La Vizcaína is the name the inhabitants of Valtuille gave to Raul's father who was an oenologist who died at a young age. In this project, Raul is assisted by his cousin and oenologist Cesar Marquez.The Lomas de Valtuille, Las Gundiñas is a 100% Mencia. It is a biodynamic wine. No temperature control during fermentation. During vinification, the principles of gravity are applied, without pumps and with as few interventions as possible to get the wine as pure, pure and expressive as possible in the bottle. Fermentation and maceration in 5000 liter foeders. 10 months aging in 2nd year French oak barrels.

The Raul Pérez La Vizcaína El Rapolao is deep in color and brilliantly clear. The first contact is fruity with northern traits. No trace of the barrel maturation, nor of the rists. Youthful fragrance palette. Rich filling and cohesive. Mencia in its pure and complex form with a continental backbone and no trace of the barrel maturation. 95/100 Parker

Our regular customers know that we are a big fan of the wines from this region made from Mencia (or the white Godello) such as the wines of Perez and for example Val de Sil . The continental influences and style give the wines a Burgundian signature and give wines with an incredible value for money!