Bastarda Tinto - Bastarda (Trousseau) (Ribeira Sacra)

Bastardo/Merenzao aka Trousseau | granieten terroirs | oude en jonge stokken van verschillende wijngaarden | langzame vergisting (60 dagen) zonder veel 'beweging van de hoed' | rijping in oude 300l en 500l vaten | lichte kleur | heel puur en delicaat | diepgang | finesse | rozebottel | wijn a la Dani landi / Envinate | 

Fedellos do Couto & Peixes

Sinds 2013 zijn Curro en Jesús samen met Luis Tobada gestart met hun Fedellos do Couto project. De wijngaarden waar de opbrengsten eerst van werden verkocht wordt hier nu wijn gemaakt. Op de zeven hectare grond die zij bewerken staan soms wel acht tot negen druivenrassen door elkaar! Het gebied Ribeira Sacra staat bekend om zijn prachtige natuur. Scherpe kliffen, riviertjes en beekjes en flinke rotspartijen. Later komen daar wijngaarden in de DO Ribeiro bij op grote hoogte. Karakteristieke wijnen met karakter en puurheid!

Reviews

The varietal Merenzao/Trousseau/Bastardo 2019 Bastarda was produced with a majority of grapes from the Val do Bibei, from trellised 20-year-old vines on granite soils at 600 meters in altitude. The full clusters fermented at low temperature with indigenous yeast and a long maceration. It matured in 3,200-liter oak foudre and 2,000-liter concrete vat for eight months. It's light at 12.1% alcohol with a pH of 3.3 and 6.2 grams of acidity (measured in tartaric acid). The wine is ethereal, perfumed and a bit intriguing, a little more in the style of a Poulsard than a Trousseau, with a wild character, irreverent and full of personality. This is light (lighter than 2018) and very ethereal, with an herbal side, a little in the style of the 2015, a wine that is going to grow in bottle. 6,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2020. 95/100 Luis Gutiérrez

Fedellos do Couto is now only Fedellos, as they are going to move away from the Pazo do Couto and into a set of old wineries in the village of Seadur. Furthermore, the project is going to merge with Peixes, all under the Fedellos name but with different brands. That will happen with the 2020 vintage. For now, I tasted their 2019s, from a slightly warmer but drier year, but not as much as in central Spain. The wines keep the cool-climate profile.