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Algueira Risco 2016

13% abv

Vol- 70cl

Also called maria ordoña in Galicia, bastardo in Portugal and trousseau in Jura, the merenzao grape was a regular on the Camino de Santiago tagging along the monks. Foot-trodden with full clusters in open wooden vats, fermented with natural yeasts and aged for just over a year in oak barrels of different sizes and ages. Pale in colour and translucent despite a warm vintage, balsamic and earthy on the nose, round texture with ripe red berries and morello cherries, smoke and dried roses. Oak tannins are still present but will rapidly integrate. A regular star on the Algueira portfolio

£42.00inclusive of Duty and VAT

Limited stock, only 6 remaining

The Romans first carved the Ribeira Sacra terraces (solcacos), over 2,000 years ago, into canyons and gorges so dizzyingly steep that it makes the hillsides of Côte-Rôtie look like nursery slopes. Over the centuries, monks and their many monasteries (hence the name Ribeira Sacra) expanded and maintained the gigantic network of solcacos and vines along the rivers Sil, Miño and Bibei. At the end of the 19th century phylloxera followed by economic depression, civil war and dictatorship ruined Galicia. The younger generations fled the country and what took centuries of pain and suffering to build was abandoned in decades.

Fortunately, local heroes such as Adega Algueira’s Fernando González Riveiro are restoring some of these historical vineyards and painstakingly reclaiming their heritage. Fernando is an exceptional vine grower and was the first to believe in the true native grape varieties from the area: merenzao (aka trousseau), brancellao, sousón, caiño etc.

Since 1980 he has done what no one else has; searching, selecting, re-planting and trialling these grapes in different soils and expositions, vinifying them separately to understand which terroirs they’re best suited to, resulting in long-lived wines with an incredible mineral resonance. A true legacy.

Reference #:
17478
Strength
13 ABV
Bottles per Case
6 bottles
Grapes
Trousseau / Bastardo
Organic
No
Biodynamic
No
Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Sparkling
No

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A shipping confirmation email will be sent when your order has been processed and shipped. You will be sent a text with a delivery time slot and a consignment number along with instructions on how to amend this if required.

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