2019 Envinante Ribeira Sacra Lousas Parcela Seoane

The 2019 Lousas Parcela Seoane was produced with grapes from a very balanced and healthy harvest, picked at 13.4% alcohol. The vines are old, 90% Mencía and some 10% Merenzao, Brancellao, Alicante Bouschet, Grao Negro and Jerez. The soils are mostly gneiss with mica and quartz. It fermented with 90% full clusters that were foot trodden in open plastic bins, without temperature control, with indigenous yeasts and soft punch-downs by hand and with 45 days of maceration. It matured with the lees in 225-, 400- and 500-liter oak barrels for one year. This is from a plot that works better in cooler years than in warm ones, so perfect for 2017 or this 2019. The wine has notes of blood orange and a touch of volatility that lifts it up and gives it freshness. It's vibrant and effervescent with very tasty flavors. This is impressive, a little more unorthodox but really attractive. However, it might not be as long lived. 2,100 bottles were filled in December 2020.