Avancia Nobleza Carballedo

D.O. Valdeorras

Bodegas Avancia is located in O Barco de Valdeorras, in the heart of Valdeorras

Field blend majority Mencia, with small percentages of local red and white grape varieties including Garnacha Tintorera, Mouratón (Juan García), Gran Negro, Sousón, Cariñena

Carballedo. Single field-blended vineyard on the southern bank of the River Sil on 30 degree slopes. Oriented Northeast.

1940

Traditional dry farmed viticulture. Bodegas Avancia practices organic and does not use any chemically synthesized fungicides, pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers.

Primarily slate soils intermixed with small quantities of quartz.

Mediterranean/Continental climate with an Atlantic influence. Very cold winters and very warm summers.

Hand harvested in 10kg crates for transportation to the winery. Sorting of the bunches at the winery followed by pre-fermentative maceration and fermentation in 600L open-top neutral French barrels. 1/3 of the production went through maceration and fermentation on whole clusters, 2/3 with a traditional destemmed (but not crushed) elaboration. Very soft extraction, seeking high quality tannins. Pressed in a small, vertical basket press. Malolactic fermentation in used 225L French barrique followed by 8 months in barrel.

Eight months in used French oak barrique (2nd through 5th use). Aged for a further four months in bottle before release.

Carballedo is a tiny 0.4Ha single plot of intermixed varieties to the East of O Barco de Valdeorras. Located on the southern slope of the river, facing north, this is an extremely steep vineyard planted on poor slate soils that produces a very elegant and polished style of Mencía from Valdeorras with uncharacteristically elegant tannins and glass staining concentration.