2016 Azos do Pobo
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Sourced from old vines in the village of Soutipedre in the Bibei Valley of Ribeira Sacra (but sold without any appellation of origin, like all the wines here) on slate soils, the 2016 Azos do Pobo is superb. It's serious and elegant but with a wild side to it, with aromas of wild herbs, flowers and berries and an earthy touch. It's aromatic and insinuating, with an electric palate that combines subtle minerality with a strike of blood orange freshness and has a very tasty, long finish with fine tannins that leave a dry sensation. Simply phenomenal. 1,149 bottles were filled in August 2017.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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A blend of Mouratón, Gran Negro, Garnacha Tintorera, Mencía, Merenzao and other undisclosed varieties. Laura Lorenzo started her own bodega in 2015 after working for Dominio do Bibei. 80- to 120-year-old vines in the Ribeira Sacra area, some of them ungrafted. The soil is clay with a substantial presence of slates and schists. Organic farming and some biodynamic principles. Destemmed grapes were foot-trodden, followed by fermentation in open-topped used casks of 225 and 500 litres. Matured for 11 months in used 225-litre barrels. Minimum intervention. Tasted blind. The fruit character is ripe: plums, sweet black fruit and Mediterranean herbs. The fruit extract is great, sweet and rounded on the palate with totally mellow tannins. On the ripe side of Galician wines and extremely well delineated. The balanced acidity provides depth and energy. The palate is pure, multi-layered and deep. Profound and fresh, full of savoury fruit. I am impressed by this wine. (FC)