tight-held finish for now

clean and moderately austere finale

intense and balanced on the palate

racy structure

Raul Perez, Ultreia Petra Size:6x750ml tight-held finish for nowThe 2018 Ultreia Petra comes from the Ponferrada zone, from a very small south facing plot on slate soils at high altitudesome 820 meters above sea levelthat was harvested around one month after the vines from Valtuille. He has around 900 vines here. This is a little exuberant, with fruit and flowers. The palate reveals abundant tannins, and the wine needs a longer time in oak to polish those tannins. It's a wine that also needs time in bottle. But