2022 Envinate ‘Lousas’ Doade, Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain

89% Menca, 10% other varieties (Garnacha Tintorera, Brancellao, Merenzao, Grao Negro, etc).From several vineyards in the town of Doade that range in age from 23-65 years. The lower vineyards are mainly schist, giving way to gneiss and quartz in the upper parts. The grapes were harvested by hand and fermented whole- cluster in open-top fermenters with 25-30 days of skin contact before pressing with a vertical press into a mix of 500, 350, and 228 liter used French oak barrels to finish and rest for a year.