Algueira Ribeira Sacra Carravel 2017 fww The Sarget de Gruaud Larose

The Sarget de Gruaud Larose 2016 releases fruity aromas on the nose (black cherry

and dried in the blazing Montilla sun on mats in the vineyards

underbrush and the wet stone

Maturation and Production in Inox and cement vats

Algueira Ribeira Sacra Carravel 2017 fww The Sarget de Gruaud LaroseBoth Algueiras flagship Mencas are released five years after harvest. While the Pizarra hails from the warmer terroir of the Carballo Cobo vineyard, Carravel is drawn from several old vine terraces which hug a cool zone of perilously steep slate and schist soils in the Doade subregion. The fruit was hand harvested, then foot trodden and fermented with roughly 20% whole bunches in large wooden tronconique vats before spending between 12 and 24 months