Community Tasting Note

Xavier Auerbach wrote:

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - A new village red at Envinate. A blend of 89% Mencia with Brancellão, Merenzão, Grao Negro, and Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) among others, gneiss, schist and quartz soils, whole cluster fermentation, foot trodden, fermented with indigenous yeasts in open vats, matured in neutral French oak barrels of different sizes, bottled November 2022, 12.5% ABV. The result is a delightfully fruit-driven, floral wine, open and attractive, creamy strawberries and a touch of white pepper, peaches and roses, fragrant and elegant, a seamless and silky texture, transparent and precise, cool minerality, firm but finely grained tannins, and a flowing finish with very good resonance and length. Toute en finesse, with the exception of the tannins which are a bit earthy and borderline austere. Time may soften the tannins, but I don't think that this will ever be more delicious than it is today.

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