Lomba dos Ares
2017
Region
Spain › Vino de Mesa
Type
red · still
Grapes
Caiño, Mencía, Mouratón, Alicante Henri Bouschet, Trousseau
Alcohol
12.5%
Volume
750 mL
Sugar
1 g/L
Tasting Notes
As delicious, elegant and charming as ever. It has character yet it doesn't bite. On the contrary! Quaffable and juicy, it is! A fistful of wild strawberries, raspberries, forest floor, spices and red flowers. Well-balanced, relatively complex and yet easy-going.
I absolutely love what Curro Bareño and Jesús Olivares are crafting. I am a little bit nervous whenever I share a bottle of their wine. But it makes me so happy to see other people enjoying it. Elegant and juicy, yet with character and muscles. A burst of wild strawberries, raspberries, forest floor, spices and flowers. Medium-bodied with good balance, acidity and tannin. Lovely.
Elegant and juicy field blend (at least Mencía, Mouratón, Garnacha Tintorera, Caiño, Bastardo) from Fedellos trio. Wild strawberry, raspberry, and hints of wet forest floor with spices. Medium body, well balanced, tannins are a little bit harsh. Not complex, but so enjoyable! Would gladly drink this beauty every lunch.
About
Lomba dos Ares is a village wine from their oldest and steepest vineyards on the west bank of the Bibei river. Practically a field blend from ~70 years old vines. These grapes are grown on granite, schist, and sand soils. The altitude is 450--650 meters. Lomba dos Ares in a natural yeast co-fermentation of all used varieties aged in foudre and a few neutral 300-500L French oak barrels.
