Quinta do Estranxeiro 2021 'O Estranxeiro' Tinto, Ribeira Sacra DO

Item Number: 19508

UPC: 8-437015038230

Country: Spain
Region: Galicia
Sub Region: Ribeira Sacra
Appellation/AVA: Ribeira Sacra DO
Estate Grown Wine: No
Vintage: 2021
Grape(s): Mencía
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12.5
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Soil Type: Granite, slate and schist
Case Production: ~1,700

Vineyard Notes: From two primary vineyard sites, both on steeply terraced hillsides featuring 50+-year-old, bush-trained vines. A vineyard on the Sil River (Amandi sub-zone), has warmer, southern exposures, and features slate mixed with granite. The second vineyard, in A Cova on the Miño River (Ribeiras do Miño sub-zone), is planted on granite soils and gets more cooling, Atlantic influence.

Winemaking Notes: Mostly made from Mencía. Fruit is manually harvested and de-stemmed, and the juice is transferred to large chestnut barrels and concrete tanks before fermentation commences spontaneously with wild yeasts. The must typically spends around three weeks macerating before pressing, the wine is then aged in a mix of Italian Gamba botti, Garbelotto botti, and concrete tanks for 6-12 months before bottling.