Envinate - Lousas Vinas de Aldea 2024 (750ml)
Price: $41.99
| Producer | Envinate |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Ribeira Sacra |
| Varietal | Mencia, field blend |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Sku | 207427 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Envinate Description
Winemaker's notes: Still very primal, black plum, herbal spices, roses and cracked rock. This vintage is very similar Atlantic style to that of 2023 but everything seems more poised and direct. The tannins, finer, the acid, longer, the fruit profile, deeper and fresher, everything is turned up. A combination of sites they work in both Amandi and in Ribeiras do Sil, North and South of the river Sil. You can see the depth of Amandi and the freshness of Ribeiras wonderfully combined to craft a true Galician expression of Mencia.
Lousas - Is the name, in Galician dialect, or Gallego, for the type of slate soil that predominates in the Amandi sub-zone of the Ribeira Sacra region.
Viña de Aldea: Aldea means “village” in Gallego; thus, this is Envínate’s “village wine”, produced from a combination of –minimum- 60-year-old plots located in the ancient vineyard region of Ribeira Sacra. This cuvee is made up of 90-95% Mencía with other co-planted varietals blended in; Brancellao, Merenzao, Mouraton, Grao Negro, Garnacha Tintorere and other indigenous grapes. The native vines are grown on steep slopes made of slate and sit in between 400-600 meters elevation. Fermented in concrete and open vats spontaneously with wild yeasts, with 40% whole clusters included, and raised in old barrels and (20%) concrete for 11 months with no racking and no SO2 added until bottling. It is a very fresh and elegant vino tinto with classic, lifted aromatics of black pepper, pomegranate, and herbs, which leads to an elegant and crystalline palate with loads of saveur, peppery tannins, and a dry finish. This is more than a village wine in our book, but a superb example of Ribeira Sacra and a wonderful benchmark for the region.
