2015 | Algueira Ribeira Sacra | Pizarra

Red Wine: 2015 | Algueira Ribeira Sacra | Pizarra

Already in the glass it shows an intense cherry red color, medium-high layer, with a very intense nose and the complexity of the interesting red fruit, the balsamic of the terroir (green coffee and chocolates) and the minerality that gives its name to the wine.

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Producer: Algueira Ribeira Sacra

Vintage: 2015

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14%

Varietal: Mencia

Country/Region: Spain, Galicia

Already in the glass it shows an intense cherry red color, medium-high layer, with a very intense nose and the complexity of the interesting red fruit, the balsamic of the terroir (green coffee and chocolates) and the minerality that gives its name to the wine. The attack on the palate is fresh and its pace is intense, structured, with a crunchy, complex and warm tannins.

Producer Information

Ribeira Sacra is one of the world’s most amazing and dramatic wine regions. Like the Mosel or Cote Rotie, the vineyards are planted on extremely steep inclines (some up to 75 degrees!) and planted on terraces made from pure schist soils. These vineyards descend precipitously to the River Sil that twists and turns through the bottom of the valley. The schist soils, steep inclines and tempering effects of the river provide the perfect micro climate for producing truly special and unique wines. One of the region’s superstars is Adega Algueira which is run by the super passionate father-son team of Fernando and Fabio Algueira. The vineyards are located in the Armandi Subzone of the appellation, generally considered the best and most consistent for growing the region’s indigenous varietals. At the top of the banks, amongst chestnut and oak trees, lies the winery built in the Romanesque style to mimic the monasteries crafted by monks in this area back in the 12th Century. Of course the monks brought with them the need for wine and so they began planting vines along the banks of the Sil. Even before the middle ages, there are stories of Ribeira Sacra wine being shipped to ancient Roman Emperors. Algueira focuses on local grape varieties for red grapes this includes: Mencia, Brancellao, Merenzao (Trousseau), Souson and Caio and for whites: Godello, Loureiro, Treixadura and Albario. All the fruit used in their wines is estate grown with the utmost care using biodynamic methods (though not officially certified). Given the extreme steepness of the slopes, all the vineyard work and harvest are done, painstakingly, by hand. The winery makes a few Mencia-based Ribeira Sacra wines starting with a beautiful, crunchy tank-aged wine, and working up to others that see some aging in (mostly) seasoned oak 500-liter barrels. They also make tiny quantities of wines from several rare indigenous varieties, in both red and white. To compose these masterpieces, they began work with the famous Raul Perez as the “spiritual” guiding winemaker. They further carry the biodynamic baton in the winery and use foot treading of grapes and spontaneous fermentations to make these pure, natural, mineral-laden and beautifully textured wines.