Castro Candaz is a project of famed Spanish wine maker Raul Parez. This is a kitchen sink blend of Mencía, Domingo Pérez (Trousseau), Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet), Mouratón, Caiño and Brancellao from a few different sites within the Chantada and Ribeira do Miño zones of the Ribeira Sacra appellation. It was fermented with whole clusters in foudre and aged in a combination of foudre and 500L used barrels.
Joven is young in Spanish implying that this is a fresh fruit foward wine meant to be enjoyed now.
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