Winery: Envinate

Region: A Teixeira-Orense - Ribeira Sacra - Without GI Status

Vintage: 2023                                      

Bottle: 75 cl                                                   

Grape Varieties: 95% Mencía and 5% of other native grapes

Type:  Red wine aged in wood

Alcohol Volume: 12.5% vol.

Serving Temperature: 16º

Lousas Viñas de Aldea is a red village wine from the Ribeira Sacra area in A Teixeira, Orense, from the Atlantic wines of the Envinate project. The wine is marketed without geographical indication.

Lousas, the name in Galician to designate the type of "slate" soil that predominates in the Armandi sub-zone of the Ribeira Sacra, gives its name to the range of wines produced by Envinate in the Ribeira Sacra in collaboration with Galician viticultors. These wines are marked by the influence of the Atlantic and the slate soils in the singular vineyards where they come from.

It is a blend of Mencía with a smaller percentage of other native grape varieties grown in slate soils from different plots with old vines reaching 60 years of age that are organically farmed.

Production:

Manually harvested with grape selection in the vineyard. Each plot is vinified separately with indigenous yeasts.

40% of the grapes are fermented whole clusters in small open plastic tubs.

Aged for 11 months in 228-litre neutral oak barrels.

SO2: 30mg/l

Tasting Notes:

Clean and bright, cherry red in colour. Fresh and juicy red wine. Elegant and delicate, with aromas of red fruits (cherry, redcurrant), floral (violets), and fresh scrubland grass.

Light-bodied, smooth tannins, refreshing acidity that invites the next sip, and a mineral finish that lingers in the aftertaste. A flavourful and characterful Mencía that is excellent value for money.

THE PROJECT

Envinate is the venture of four friends who, after studying enology together, embarked on a project that was unique to them. Currently, it has established itself as a solid and dynamic project with great recognition and prestige for its "Terroir" wines, both nationally and internationally, which are highly sought after for their excellent value for money.

Following their passion and ideals and with a lot of work and their own expertise, they have proudly created a range of honest, authentic wines from distinctive areas, mainly in the area of Ribera Sacra and also the Canary Islands, always working with the local varieties to create wines that speak of the terroir where they come from.

They work in a natural style, using no chemicals in any of their vineyards; all grapes are hand-harvested' and using wild yeasts. Sulfur is added in those cases where it is needed, such as during bottling and aging in old barrels and concrete vats.