Raul Perez El Pecado Mencia, Ribeira Sacra, Spain 2021 Domaine Bousquet warm and velvety

warm and velvety

The grapes reach optimal ripeness in their organic vineyard before being hand-harvested and immediately brought into the cellar

finishing with hints of wet stone minerality

Fresh and supple

it opens with a pleasant freshness combined with subtle hints of peppermint and silky tannins

Raul Perez El Pecado Mencia, Ribeira Sacra, Spain 2021 Domaine Bousquet warm and velvetyEl Pecado "the sin" was Ral Prez's first wine from Ribeira Sacra, and it remains one of his rarest and most sought after reds. The fruit comes from the Capelios vineyard, an ancient, vertiginous parcel on the steep schist slopes above the Sil river, farmed by the Gumaro family. Mostly Menca, braided with old field blend Bastardo, Garnacha Tintorera, Caio, and Brancellao, it shows perfumed mineral, dried flowers, and aromatic herbs before air coaxes