2024 Nanclares y Prieto 'O Bocoi Vello de Silvia' Albarino, Rias Baixas, Spain La Calmette densely planted vineyards

densely planted vineyards

especially the whites

rye-accented profile

spontaneously fermented and matured for 12 months in used 500-liter wooden barrels (mostly oak

2024 Nanclares y Prieto 'O Bocoi Vello de Silvia' Albarino, Rias Baixas, Spain La Calmette densely planted vineyards100% Albario from several plots in Sanxenxo and Meao. The vines are 25 95 years old, and the plots are largely west facing and planted on a mix of clay, granodiorite, and sandy granite soils. The grapes were harvested by hand, sorted, and foot stomped in the ancient method, with about two days of maceration on the skins and stems followed by a gentle pressing in a pneumatic press. The juice ferments with its native yeasts in reconditioned 90+ year old