Normally I like odd little wines. Deep color, light body, very acidic with soft dry tannins. Notmally this would be a winning formula for me, and I have loved all previous wines from Ribeira Sacra, not this one. I think it's ripe fruits that it lacks and I don't think a steak is going to fix it. Revisiting days later, unloved taste and acidity still prevail while significant sludge is found in the bottom. Now I love a wine that has more soluble solids than it can hold and isn't overfiltered. In theory I should like this wine, will try it again maybe side by side with Petalos another wine made from Mencia grapes. With friends.
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Decanted 1 hr. ahead. Very deep garnet color. Old-world nose led by plums and cedar with pencil lead. Lighter on the palate than the color might lead you to think, it's medium-weight and dry on the palate, with black cherry soaked in leather flavors. Finishes fast with light tannins.
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1/7/2018 - JimTaft wrote: 87 Points
Normally I like odd little wines. Deep color, light body, very acidic with soft dry tannins. Notmally this would be a winning formula for me, and I have loved all previous wines from Ribeira Sacra, not this one. I think it's ripe fruits that it lacks and I don't think a steak is going to fix it.
Revisiting days later, unloved taste and acidity still prevail while significant sludge is found in the bottom. Now I love a wine that has more soluble solids than it can hold and isn't overfiltered. In theory I should like this wine, will try it again maybe side by side with Petalos another wine made from Mencia grapes. With friends.
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8/31/2017 - VeniceCalif wrote: 89 Points
Decanted 1 hr. ahead. Very deep garnet color. Old-world nose led by plums and cedar with pencil lead. Lighter on the palate than the color might lead you to think, it's medium-weight and dry on the palate, with black cherry soaked in leather flavors. Finishes fast with light tannins.
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6/1/2017 - AudunG wrote: 86 Points
Fruity and perfumed aromas with leather and some farmyard notes. Fruity and juicy in the mouth.
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11/19/2016 - Docsharpe Likes this wine: 88 Points
Spicy pepper, red fruit, Med acidity, med tannins, med body, med finish. Needs red meat to balance.
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