Dominio do Bibei - "Lalama" Ribeira Sacra D.O. (13% ABV) 2021 750ml

• Mostly Mencía, with Brancellao, Mouratón, Sousón & Garnacha Tintorera
• Grapes are harvested from a variety of steep, terraced sites on both slate and clay
• Fermented with indigenous yeasts in large open-top wood vats
• Aged in neutral barrel for 20 months

Delicate nose. Notes of redcurrant, herbs and hints of truffle. Flavourful with firm but subtle tannin and herbal touch on the palate. 85% Mencía, 8% Brancellao and 7% other grapes from Val do Bibei, Ribeira Sacra. Aged up to 14 months in barrels and foudres, it displays a deep purple hue with blue tones. It's expressive, with herbal and red fruit notes, hints of blood orange, pomegranate, violet and a subtle barrel influence. Fine tannins, slight freshness and a touch of wet earth balance its ripeness. The 2021 is well-structured and attractively long

 located in the most isolated and rustically beautiful corner of Ribeira Sacra, Quiroga-Bibei, where the terraced mountain vineyards are planted on granite to the customary regional blends dominant in Menc¡a, co-planted with smaller percentages of Brancellao, Garnacha Tintorera, Bastardo and Cai¤o. The Lalama bottling is made from de-stemmed grapes, fermented with indigenous yeasts and raised in older Burgundy casks prior to bottling. delivers a pure and very refined bouquet of pomegranate, cassis, cigar wrapper, graphite, granitic soil tones, a touch of fresh herb tones, cigar smoke and just a touch of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and beautifully balanced, with superb depth at the core, excellent transparency and grip, fine-grained tannins and a very long, focused and complex finish. This is a great bottle in the making, but give it some hibernation time in the cellar to let those suave tannins start to fall away and the wine to drink with generosity. 2033-2085.

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