Pethiox Distinción

Distinción is a single-varietal Mencía from vines more than a century old. Plum, blueberry and hints of leather, cocoa and cigar box accompany a broad, velvety palate with a long finish.

The 3.5-hectare vineyard is planted with bush vines at an altitude of 600 metres. The grapes are hand-picked in 12-kilo crates and selected in the vineyard and on the sorting table. After destemming without crushing, they undergo pre-fermentation maceration at 6 °C with dry ice.

Fermentation takes place in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts for 18 days at 26 °C, followed by twenty-two months in French oak barrels. Racking during the waning moon, gentle filtration and bottling at the estate complete the winemaking process.