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Ribeira Sacra – the tasting notes

Tuesday 15 October 2013
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See Ferran's introduction to this stunning region. The wines are listed by colour and in descending order of score.
 
WHITE

I was especially happy when I uncovered the bottle and...
Godello, Albariño, Dona Branca. The nose shows obvious toasty...
Godello. It has a closed nose, it is not really expressive but...
Godello, Albariño, Treixadura. When a wine is touching in a...
Godello, Treixadura. This has a restrained green fruit, fresh...
Godello. The wine shows evolution with a little acetaldehyde...
The nose is a little pompous and starts to show evolution. It...
This is a well-known wine from a traditional winery established...
It has a delicate and pleasant clean nose with saline, fresh...
This highly complex wine needs time to breathe. Notably dynamic...
Almost crystalline in the nose, pure, really clean and full of...
Godello. It has an opulent nose with very ripe apple, dry herbs...


RED

 

 

 

Mencía. It has an evolved nose with tertiary aromas such as...
Mencía. It has some minty notes and a refreshing nose, well...
Mencia. There is a Spanish Sommelier expression that we...
The wines from Regina Viarum achieved very consistent notes...
Mencía. The nose is dominated by a toasty and smoke sensation...
Mencía. At the beginning the oak sensation is overpowering the...
Garnacha, Mouratón. The nose is restrained and shows cassis and...
This is one of the most delicate wines you can experience in...
I confess I love Dominio do Bibei, however this Brancellao...
Mencía. This is a frank wine despite the noticeable oak, lots of...
Mencía. I found this wine to be slightly confected, with a...
Mencía. One of these occasions where I would love to put an end...
Mencía. This is a reductive style of Mencía although it has its...
Algueira wines were truly a revelation after uncovering all the...
It has some acetaldehyde notes which make it seem tired. It has...
This is an expressive wine, on one side it's meaty and...
It is extremely youthful and has yet to integrate all the...
This is a traditional style of Mencía from a cellar dating back...
Mencía. This is a simple and easy drinking Mencía, less...
Mencía. Very closed farmyard nose, the fruit is not shining. It...
Mencía. Rectoral de Amandi is the exception to the rule in the...
Mencía. This is a traditional style of Mencía showing wild black...
It has a reductive nose but it opens up quickly. It has slightly...
Mencía. This wine has simple black fruit aromas and a touch of...
Mencía. This wine shows a reductive style, extremely closed and...
Mencía. It is marvellous and electrifying, with the ability to...
Mencía. The nose is like a red fruit tea, combining earthiness...
Mencía. The wine shows reductive aromas, but if you take your...
Mencía. It is an aromatically clean style of Mencía displaying...
It has a very closed nose giving some brine-like flavours...
Merenzao. Very pale ruby colour. The nose is very subtle, it...
Mencía. 100% whole cluster, very long fermentation of 50-60 days...
Mencía. 40% whole cluster, very long fermentation of 50-60 days...
It is very reductive, with clear hydrogen sulphide. I double...
It has a very pale ruby colour, shows slightly reductive notes...
Mencía. This is a reductive style, not a wine to taste in a rush...
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