2018 La Perdida (Nacho González) Valdeorras O Trancado

Community Tasting Notes (5) Median Score: 91 points

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  10/29/2022 - grapenomad wrote: 84 Points

  Deep violet in the glass. Lots of VA on the nose, but with a light swish in the decanter this blows off. Aromas of blackcurrant juice, plum skin, boysenberry and freshly picked cranberry. Medium-bodied with some nice chewy tannins and low alcohol. The VA keeps distracting me from the fruit here, so I can’t really come to fully appreciate the wine. Good structure, but taste is acquired.

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  1/30/2021 - Professor_Budge Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Deep dark ruby/purple. Fresh ripe dark berry fruit with spices and Earth and a hint of natty/brettyness. Medium bodied with rustic, chewy tannins and tangy medium+ acidity. Shows off the region with its ripe berry fruit coupled with zippy acidity. Goes perfectly with fatty, grilled meats.

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  1/16/2021 - RussK wrote: 91 Points

  Russk. Brought to CDC at YOT. One of my wines of the night. Biodynamic. Nice earthy almost Bretty notes. A touch sweet. Get some. Not sure I have the correct vintage here. Can't see it on the Label.

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  7/5/2020 - MJHDC wrote:

  This packs a huge amount of dark berry flavor and zip in a low alcohol package; fun to drink, juicy and refreshing but also reasonably complex

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  12/10/2019 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Can you listen to wine? I believe you can, which is as close to synaesthesia as I get. Because certain wines do talk, especially when they so clearly express not the winemaker's voice, but the intent of the grapes and the land enabled by him or her.
  
  If this is getting a little too poetic, or perhaps more accurately sappy (pun intended), don't blame me, I'm half inspired by this funky intriguing, natural wine from Galicia, a blend of mostly garnacha tintorera and some mencia. Since I don't normally like grenache, I was relieved to learn that the main grape here is a synonym for alicante bouschet, itself a cross of petit bouschet and grenache. Somehow the cross avoids what normally garnacha is for me, that is, far too often a sweet, spicy hot, low acid mess. If I was Miles it would be my merlot.
  
  I was intrigued enough by what I was tasting while trying to translate the Spanish back label, that I broke my usual routine and went to the importer's website in the midst of thinking about this note. The story of the winemaker, Nacho Gonzalez, is so compelling and romantic that it shouldn't be me who tells it: http://www.josepastorselections.com/la-perdida.html
  
  Tintorera refers to a very tiny percentage of wine-capable grapes that have red flesh, so it's no surprise the color is a deep nearly opaque ruby. The nose has wild, piercing notes of pure red and blue fruit and lilting floral funk. There's no attempt to add polish, but at the same time it is not marred by any telltale signs of sloppy natural winemaking, ie brett, VA, or mousiness, all achieved without any added sulfur. Surprisingly composed in the mouth despite the churning sensations of sour red fruit and acid, with barely perceptible tannins on the tart 12% finish. It's as haunting as the name and the backstory and the landscape, with a lot to say if you are only willing to listen. I hear:
  Oh wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being...

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