Algueira Pizarra 2014 giant-steps naturally fermented

naturally fermented

sweet-fruited

wine is aged in fine grained French and American oak

a touch of the combination of sweet fruit and refreshing bitterness of sucking the last fruit off a cherry pip

Algueira Pizarra 2014 giant-steps naturally fermentedAlgueira's flagship Menca comes from the oldest vines of the Estate, mainly from the sun trapping, unbelievably steep, 80% slope of the Carballocovo vineyard. Here the vines have over 70 vintages behind them. Pizarra is a local word for the slate soils that seem to bring a pungent, smoky minerality to the wine. Nominated, by Jess Barqun et al. in The Finest Wines of Rioja and Northwest Spain, as one of Galicia's top 10 reds, this is clearly one of the