There are notes of berries, forest floor and earth in the nose of the 2014 Tilenus Pagos de Posada. Made in a style that is halfway between the more traditional and the more modern, there is freshness from an Atlantic vintage, with bittersweet flavors of sour cherries and cloves. 15,200 bottles were filled in December 2016.

The 2012 Tilenus Pagos de Posada had a developed nose, with aromas of nuts, forest floor, decayed leaves and smoke coupled with some notes of cured meat, and a round and lush palate with fruit and fine tannins, quite polished and harmonious. This is a wine with a consistent evolution through the vintages, very good in its style. 10,200 bottles were filled in November 2014.

The 2010 Tilenus Pagos de Posada, pure Mencía is sourced from a very old vineyard, and was fermented with 15% full clusters in an open oak vat and matured in French barriques for some 16 months. The nose follows the generously oaked style of the house. The fruit is ripe without excess. The palate is quite dry, with abundant, dusty tannins, and it feels very young, it doesn't feel like its more than five-years-old. It's an old style, in a style that makes the wines quite stable over time. This profile has its audience, but it's certainly not what the market demands today. Very good in its style. 15,000 bottles were filled in October 2012.

Showing a different character, the 2006 Tilenus Pagos de Posada, pure Mencía from an extremely warm vintage, reached 15.5% alcohol. 15% of full clusters were used during the fermentation in oak vats, and the wine aged in French oak. It has some volatile notes and a nose denoting a very warm, ripe vintage with forest floor aromas, black olives and prunes. The palate is medium to full-bodied, it does not really show its 15.5% alcohol, which feels quite integrated, with even some elegance within its powerful, smoky personality. It is really ready to drink. It's a style from the past for fans of that ripe profile. 9,000 bottles were produced.

This round red is still fresh, delivering focused flavors of plum, pomegranate, vanilla and menthol, with full, gentle tannins imparting an airy structure. Polished, elegant and long. Drink now through 2018. 2,000 cases made, 200 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Bierzo Select to Add