Adega Algueira - 2013 Carravel (Mencia) - Ribeira Sacra, Spain The conditions 80 miles from

The conditions 80 miles from the African coast are extreme

Au Bon Climat

beery or just plain vinegary zones that so many natural wines fall into

Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in 100% neutral French oak for 10 months

Itata has a long history of winemaking and Cinsault is by far the most planted grape there

Adega Algueira - 2013 Carravel (Mencia) - Ribeira Sacra, Spain The conditions 80 miles fromLocated in the green, cool Northwest of Spain, just above the Northeast corner of Portugal, Ribeira Sacra lies along the banks of the river Sil, and in the case of this wine, the vineyard is so steep that a ladder is necessary to go from terrace to terrace. Similar to another recent success story in Spain, Priorat, the vineyards that had first been planted by the Romans had been almost completely abandoned after the combined pummeling of the phyloxera