Algueira Ribeira Sacra Risco 2019 ox-hardy the Tinta Cão brings bright

the Tinta Cão brings bright and fragrant blue fruit energy

Smashing stuff

This will be the recipe for that year: a wine which gives expression to each grape from which it originates

On the palate it’s s full on energy and all about freshness and finesse

Algueira Ribeira Sacra Risco 2019 ox-hardy the Tinta Cão brings brightMerenzao is the same variety as Trousseau (and Bastardo in Portugal) and was probably brought to Ribeira Sacra by the Cistercian monks who set up camp here in the Middle Ages. Algueiras Merenzao vines have an average age of 80 years and are rooted in a steep slope of gneiss, quartz and slate in the Amandi Gorge. The fruit sees a wild yeast, 100% whole bunch ferment, is pressed by foot and aged for 12 months in old oak and some local chestnut vessels.