Algueira Ribeira Sacra Carravel 2017 gsm black olive and blackpepper notes

black olive and blackpepper notes in tow

Fresh final with small gourmand tannins

The wine was aged in 600-litre and 225-litre barrels (15% new)

A friendly and fresh red to enjoy from the great 2019 vintage (rated as Excellent)

cherry and floral pastille flavors complemented by suggestions of cola and spicecake

Algueira Ribeira Sacra Carravel 2017 gsm black olive and blackpepper notesBoth Algueiras flagship Mencas are released five years after harvest. While the Pizarra hails from the warmer terroir of the Carballo Cobo vineyard, Carravel is drawn from several old vine terraces which hug a cool zone of perilously steep slate and schist soils in the Doade subregion. The fruit was hand harvested, then foot trodden and fermented with roughly 20% whole bunches in large wooden tronconique vats before spending between 12 and 24 months