Dominio do Bibei. Lalama Red 2021

Dominio do Bibei. Lalama Red 2021Producer: Dominio de Bibei Region: Ribeira Sacra Grapes: 90% Mencia Menca (plus small amounts of Brancellao, Mouratn, Sousn, and Garnacha Tintorera) Style: White Wine Fresh, expressive red from Galicias Ribeira Sacra. All grapes are grown on steep slate soils and aged 20 months in French oak and large foudre. It bursts with bright red berry fruit, herbal and spicy notes, firm yet elegant tannins, and lively acidityserious structure but also super

Producer: Brand

Region: Granada

it’s great now and will only get better with time

Initially fermented in vat

natural-style Champagne from the Côte des Bar

or just on its own

Producer: Celler Frisach

Style: Dry

The other 50% of grapes are destemmed and the berries places whole in separate amphora

this wine undergoes a meticulous process of oxidative aging under a layer of yeast (sous voile) for approximately seven years

where vines are planted on primary volcanic rock on cliffs just above the Atlantic

with some welcome textural depth to boot