Lousas Viñas de Aldea - Mencia & co. (21)

85% Mencia met o.a. Brancellao, Merenzao, Grao Negro en Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) | fieldblend van meerdere wijngaarden | Amandi, Ribeira del Sil en Quiroga regio's in Ribeira Sacra | 25-60 jaar oude stokken | terroir van gneiss, graniet en leisteen | 400-600 meter hoogte | tot 30% ontsteeld | vergisting in open kuipen | 20% rijpt in beton en 80% in gebruikt Frans eiken voor 11 maanden | vrij gul | floraal | expressief | peperig | kersen | viooltjes | licht gekruid 

Envínate

Een joint venture gestart door vier wijn-nerds die elkaar zijn tegengekomen op de Universiteit. Een sprookjesverhaal toch? Na een aantal oogsten is hun reputatie flink gestegen en maken ze super wijnen op 3 verschillende locaties; langs de westkust van Tenerife, in Ribeira Sacra en in Almansa. Wijnen met laserprecisie, super energie en met een licht natuurlijk randje! Een prachtige aanvulling op ons portfolio!

Review

The 2020 Lousas Viñas de Aldea is slightly higher in alcohol and has less freshness than the 2019. It was a very early harvest (September 2nd to 14th), and they kept 20% of the wine in concrete and the rest in oak barrels and 2,000-liter oak foudres for 11 months. The grapes were very small, so the ratio of juice to skin was different from 2019. The wines from 2020 had less maceration and more stems; they have more bones but are still fluid, with some dusty tannins. 22,500 bottles and 400 magnums produced. It was bottled in November 2021. 93+/100 Luis Gutiérrez

2019 was a balanced and healthy vintage in the Ribeira Sacra, but 2020 was warmer and drier and resulted in their second earliest-ever harvest in the region. They now have three hectares of vineyards (including a small one in Capeliños) and work up to seven, and they are going to expand the winery. They produce between 25,000 and 40,000 bottles depending on the vintage, which in the last few years is very variable. The aim is for 40,000 bottles, but in 2020 yields were catastrophic. There might be two new village wines from 2021, a vintage with good yields again. 2021 is a cool, classical vintage.