Tasting Notes

Character: Bottle-aged wine coming from the mature vineyards. Great polyphenolic concentration and immense tannin delicacy. Very dark, big cherry red colour. Immensely complex with ripe blackberry/blueberry fruit, chocolate, spice and a nice minerally/ graphite sensation. A mediumbodied palate with ample fruit, tasty and fresh with crisp acidity and great length.

Technical Notes

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Reviews

Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

The 2003 Tilenus Pagos de Posada is 100% Mencia aged 15 months in French oak. It is a bit compact and slightly baked from the vintage but still offers plenty of ripe fruit with excellent depth and concentration. Drink it over the next four years. Importer: John Larchet, The World Wine Headquarters, www.worldwinehq.com Email: info@worldwinehq.com Tel: (800) 485 5753
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Estate Profile

The wines of Tilenus have managed to capture the unique magic of Mencia on so many levels. From aromatics to texture and beyond.

Bodegas Estefania was founded by the Frias family with a commitment to nurturing vineyards mainly of Mencia, and producing wines of exceptional quality and character. Bodegas Estefania owns approximately 40 Ha of old vines, some almost 100 years old, mainly on mineral and arcillous soils in the valleys and alluvial and sediments in the area of Valtuille de Arriba and Pieros.


Situated on terraced slopes, the vines have to be harvested manually because of geographic conditions. Each vine has a limited yield which is often less than 1.2 kg. All conditions are carefully controlled until the time has come for harvesting.

The harvest is collected in small boxes of 10 to 15 Kg. There are approximately 1000 barrels in our barrel room, 80% of them are of French oak and were made by 20 of the most prestigious French artisans, manufacturers of delicate and pale coloured woods, which give our wines their traditional distinguished flavour.

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