Fuentes del Silencio Las Quintas

A sophisticated blend of Mencia, Alicante Bouschet and Palomino. Las Quintas comes from old vineyards in the northern part of the Jamuz valley. The wine shows an expressive and bright cherry character, with intense red fruit notes accompanied by elegant, toasted notes and minerals. Delicate and fresh on the palate, pleasantly fruity with smoky, spiced complexity.

Miguel Ángel Alonso and Maria José Galera began their resurrection project of Castilla y Leon’s ancient wine culture and historic, high-altitude (800-1100m) pre-phylloxera vines in Jamuz at the eastern foot of the Galician Massif and the influence of Monte Teleno, one of northwest Spain’s highest mountains. Mencía vines (minimum age of 90 years, but some pre-phylloxera) are grown on flat, rocky terraces of quartzite cobbles and pulverized, slate-derived sand, silt and clay with a high quantity of metals. All grapes are hand-harvested and co-fermented in large tronconic wood vats with unique local natural yeasts with varying levels of stem inclusion and soft, infusion-style maceration by foot stomping and bare hand. They don’t filter or fine any red wines.