Envinate, Lousas Parcela Camino Novo, 2024
The single-parcel wine that put EnvĂnate's Ribeira Sacra project on the map. Camiño Novo ('new road') is a small amphitheater-shaped vineyard in the Amandi subzone â the heart of Ribeira Sacra â facing southeast at 430 meters on pure slate. The vines are 70 years old, 90% MencĂa with about 10% Garnacha Tintorera mixed in. The four-winemaker EnvĂnate collective (Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos, JosĂ© Ăngel MartĂnez) farms it without chemicals, ferments whole-cluster with native yeasts in open-top tanks, and ages it in neutral wood. The character is unmistakable: floral and spicy on the nose, taut and saline on the palate, with the kind of textural transparency that only old vines and steep slate can produce. A Spanish red that drinks like Burgundy's wilder cousin.
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The single-parcel wine that put EnvĂnate's Ribeira Sacra project on the map. Camiño Novo ('new road') is a small amphitheater-shaped vineyard in the Amandi subzone â the heart of Ribeira Sacra â facing southeast at 430 meters on pure slate. The vines are 70 years old, 90% MencĂa with about 10% Garnacha Tintorera mixed in. The four-winemaker EnvĂnate collective (Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos, JosĂ© Ăngel MartĂnez) farms it without chemicals, ferments whole-cluster with native yeasts in open-top tanks, and ages it in neutral wood. The character is unmistakable: floral and spicy on the nose, taut and saline on the palate, with the kind of textural transparency that only old vines and steep slate can produce. A Spanish red that drinks like Burgundy's wilder cousin.
