Envinate Lousas Aldea Tinto 2021

Aldea translates to "village" in Gallego, the Galician language

Mencía, Sousão (Vinhão, Souson), and Alicante Bouschet

$68.00

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Red Fruit, Tree Fruit, Mineral, and Pepper / Spice, Sweet Spice and Smokey

BODY: Medium +
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Galicia (Rias Baixas, Ribeiro), Spain

Grape Varietals:
Mencía, Sousão (Vinhão, Souson), and Alicante Bouschet

Winemaking:
Minimal Intervention, Organic, No fining, and No filtering
Whole Bunch, Crushed, Wild yeast, and On Lees Ageing

Maturation: 7-12 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Grilled tapas & octopus, lamb rack, chorizo

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Beef Fried Rice, KBBQ

Envinate

Envinate is a high-profile, minimal-intervention wine producer making a range of wines from across western Spain, covering the Canary Islands, Galicia and the southeast. It is the brainchild of 4 winemakers - Roberto, Alfonso, Laura & Jose

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Envinate Lousas Aldea Tinto 2021

The Lousas Vinas de Aldea is the village cuvee from Envinate’s vineyards in Ribeira Sacra

Grape Varietals & Region: The grapes are sourced mainly from the Riberas do Sil region, with smaller amounts from vineyards in Amandi and Quiroga-Bibei. Soils are a combination of gneiss, slate, and granite, at varying elevations and expositions. The blend ends up being about 80% Mencia and 20% a mix of the other local grape varieties like Brancellao, Caiño, Sousón, Garnacha Tintorera and others. The vines average about 60 years of age.

Taste Profile: Aromas at the moment show deep red fruit, with red apple skin and cranberry notes

Winemaking Process: Aging is in concrete, used French oak and large Austrian foudres.

Elegant & Structured Reds

From Barolo to Bordeaux, these wines are steeped in tradition. The style covers a broad spectrum of flavor profiles, but tend to be elegant and structured and can be cellared for a long time.

These wines often have savoury tones of earth, bell pepper, tobacco, cassis, and are often medium to full bodied, with long finish & structured palattes