| Type | Red wine |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Grapes | |
| Producer | |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Alcohol contenti | 13.5% |
| Production | 8,000 bottles |
Paixar A Serra
2022A top Mencia!
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PARKER
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Spec sheet
The wine
Paixar is an iconic wine from the Bierzo region which, after several vintages in the hands of Alejandro Luna, Gregory Pérez and the García brothers, now belongs to the Luna Beberide winery. Its name is derived from the local dialect and refers to the age-old, tiny mountain vineyards which the winery operates alongside local growers to keep the wine-making heritage alive.
As it clearly shows on the label, Paixar is a slate-soil wine, one of refined rusticity. It was always a powerful and concentrated red, but with each successive vintage it has acquired an extra touch of subtlety, taking some of the limelight away from the oak and highlighting the marvellous fruit of its vineyards.
What does this wine taste like?
It's an intense wine, and with a definite Atlantic influence, that combines the harsh nature of the Bierzo's slate terrain with strong contrasts in day and night temperatures. It's mineral, balsamic and spicy, elegantly mingling hints of rock dust and fine smoky nuances with the pleasant fresh fruit and the subtle floral and undergrowth notes. On the palate it's refined, structured, with fine tannins and excellent acidity; profound and having an earthy finish. After a highly recommended decanting, the seductive hints of mandarin peel come to the fore.
| Light | Bold | |
|---|---|---|
| Smooth | Tannic | |
| Dry | Sweet | |
| Soft | Acidic |
View | Picota cherry red / Violet glints |
|---|---|
Bouquet | Black fruit / Red fruit / Mineral notes / Spicy notes / Leather / Indian ink / Ageing notes |
Mouth | Balanced / Powerful / Flavoursome / Lively / Fleshy |
Drinking and storing
Serve between 14ºC and 16ºC
Food pairing
Vegetable casseroles / Small game / Ossobuco
Ratings and awards
| 2022 | 95 PK | 97 TA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 97 PK | |||
| 2020 | 96 PK | |||
| 2018 | 96 PK | 91 WS | ||
| 2017 | 94 PK | |||
| 2016 | 95 PK | 93 PN |
PK: ParkerPN: PeñínWS: Wine
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atkin
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Winemaking
The aim is to keep intervention to the minimum in order to transfer all the vineyard character and varietal freshness to the bottle. Consequently, the grapes undergo cold maceration and ferment solely by means of wild yeasts. It rests for 22 months in French oak barrels and is bottled without filtration towards the end of September.
| Ageing period | 16 months |
|---|---|
| Type of wood | French oak |
| Clarification and filtration | Unfiltered |
Vineyards
The Mencía grapes used in its vinification come from the steep hillsides of Dragonte, a small vineyard facing south and located at between 700 and 1,000 metres above sea level. There, the old Mencía vines (80 years old) produce a scant half kilo per plant and the singular weather conditions lengthen the grape's cycle by about two weeks.
| Vine age | 80 years |
|---|---|
| Soil | Slate |
| Climate | Continental with Atlantic influence |
| Yields | Very low yields |
| Orientation | South |
| Surface area | 6.00 hectares |
The winery
Bodegas y Viñedos Luna Beberide
Bodegas y Viñedos Luna Beberide started up in 1986, in Bierzo, under the guidance of Alejandro Luna, with the purpose of making and offering fine wines with all due respect for the land and the vines. As Alejandro maintains: "the prime material and the soil must be the mainstays of what later will be a great wine”; and thanks specifically to those slate and clay-calcareous soils, they obtain fruit-laden, mineral wines. The winery possesses a large16th Century house located...
