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It fermented with indigenous yeasts, with 15 to 20 days of maceration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe idea is to craft and immediately enjoyable introduction to Algueira’s Ribeira Sacra Mencia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algueira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298541502702,"sku":"19349-750","price":25.96,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/5b0aecc3-84fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_19349-750.png?v=1658786822"},{"product_id":"quinta-da-muradella-sabrego-vino-ecologico-2010","title":"Quinta da Muradella Sabrego Vino Ecologico 2010","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn the local patois Sabrego refers to granite. In this experimental cuvée, Mateo wanted to highlight the effect of this rock type on Doña Blanca. It comes from a vineyard planted in the granitic sands at 440 metres altitude in the sparsely populated Oímbra region on the Portuguese border. This wine is raised on lees in stainless steel only, before being bottled unfiltered. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta da Muradella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298587738350,"sku":"10727-750","price":42.75,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/019fb857-90fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_10727-750.png?v=1658786169"},{"product_id":"valdesil-pezas-da-portela-2013","title":"Valdesil Pezas Da Portela 2013","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis 100% Godello comes from eleven parcels of old vines rooted in the slate slopes of Portela. These parcels, or pezas, form part the Gayoso family's original holdings and all were planted by Jose Ramon Gayoso's sons in the early 1900's using massale selection cuttings from the Pedrouzos vineyard. All these vineyard parcels overlook the River Sil at an average altitude of 500 metres. The juice saw around twelve hours of skin contact before natural fermentation in a variety of oak vessels, pronominally 600 litre (3rd or 4th use) and 2000 litre vats. No malo. There's a core of fleshy, tangy orchard fruit, complemented by subtly floral, resinous and smoky complexity. Try not to serve this too cold and if possible serve it in a big glass - with air each sip takes on more depth and mineral energy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Valdesil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298849194222,"sku":"13871-750","price":48.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/7cd681c8-b9fc-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_13871-750.jpg?v=1658785262"},{"product_id":"valdesil-o-chao-2013","title":"Valdesil O Chao 2013","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eO Chao is one of Valdesil's two single-peza wines, the other being the Pedrouzos bottling from the iconic 1885 vineyard which is only offered in magnum. Both wines - when they are actually made (the 2013 Pedrouzos was wiped out by hail) - make only a single barrel each. The lion's share of estate's vines are planted on slate and schist, so O Chao is Valdesil's only parcel on granite based soils. The vines here were planted by the family in 1941 at 450 meters altitude. Slowly fermented with wild yeasts and raised in a single 500 litre French oak barrel, the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered. The decomposed granitic sands of O Chao give the wine a pungent, smoky minerality, with a cooler fruit profile and some phenolic grip.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Valdesil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298850242798,"sku":"13872-750","price":113.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/7847c723-9afd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_13872-750.png?v=1658785897"},{"product_id":"quinta-da-muradella-monterrei-gorvia-blanco-2013","title":"Quinta da Muradella Monterrei Gorvia Blanco 2013","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003ePlying his trade in the remote and vinously obscure Monterrei DO hasn't stopped Jose-Luis Mateo emerging as one of northwest Spain's more revered growers. Mateo crafts a plethora of wines from a dizzying collection of old, dry-grown parcels. His Gorvia bottlings are unique and offer the kind of depth and minerality that gives the best of France a run for its money. Mateo releases both a red and a white from this vineyard, a 1.2-hectare site in near Monterrei Castle in the northwestern Pazo de Monterrei subzone. He took over the site about 27 years ago and has since replanted some varieties with massale cuttings from the ancient A Trabe mountain vineyard. Farmed using biodynamic principles, the site sits on a slope of slate\/schist soils (with a lot of iron in the mix) at an altitude of 400 metres above sea level. It’s a singular vineyard which begets one of Spain’s most distinctive whites. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhile the Tinto is a blend of several varieties, the Gorvia Blanco is produced entirely from Doña Blanca. Fermented in mature 1500-litre oak foudres (one-third on skins) then aged in barrel with partial malolactic fermentation for 11 months before bottling, the wine later spends two winters in stainless steel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta da Muradella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43299180708078,"sku":"15604-750","price":63.06,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/a8728032-90fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_15604-750.png?v=1688023235"},{"product_id":"quinta-da-muradella-monterrei-gorvia-tinto-2015","title":"Quinta da Muradella Monterrei Gorvia Tinto 2015","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eFrom the same vineyard as the Gorvia Blanco, this Galician ‘Burgundy’ is a field blend of 90-something percent Mencía, with the balance Bastardo and Caiño. It was fermented with 60% whole bunches in a wooden vat before an astonishing six months post ferment maceration after which it was racked into a variety of old casks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta da Muradella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43299180806382,"sku":"15605-750","price":63.06,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/d38bb944-90fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_15605-750.png?v=1658786131"},{"product_id":"quinta-da-muradella-monterrei-castrillon-2012","title":"Quinta da Muradella Monterrei Castrillón 2012","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn a given vintage José Luis Mateo can make a dizzying number of small-batch vinifications. A barrel of this, a barrel of that. If the quality is there, the wine is bottled, and if it isn't, it's either blended away or literally, poured down the drain. There was no chance of either occurring with this beauty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe wine takes its name from El Castrillón, a co-plantation vineyard on slate soils located in the Monterrei highlands at 700m above sea level. Mateo believes this single vineyard was planted between 60 and 80 years ago and so far he’s identified Mencía, Bastardo, Tinta da Zorra, Garnacha Tintorera, Gran Negro and Verdello (Godello) amongst the varieties. Containing grapes that are not recognised in the appellation, this wine does not carry the D.O. Monterrei on the label (not that I imagine anyone really cares). Mateo calls it a Viticultura de Montaña, and we're fine with that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn the traditional method, the grapes were foot-stomped together in an old wooden vat and naturally co-fermented, before being transferred to neutral oak for some 13 months maturation before being bottled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta da Muradella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43299180871918,"sku":"15606-750","price":119.97,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/e358bf85-8ffd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_15606-750.png?v=1658786133"},{"product_id":"algueira-brandan-2017","title":"Algueira Ribeira Sacra Brandán 2017","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis crystalline, fleshy Godello comes from a terraced vineyard that has been painstakingly restored by Algueira's Fernando González. This vineyard lies on the cooler, north facing Orense bank of the River Sil, the opposite side to most of Algueira's holdings. Here the 30 to 80 year old vines are rooted in the losa (schist) soils of the Amandi gorge. The name of the wine pays tribute to the Celtic ancestry of the region by the way (Brandan was a Celtic warlord who originally settled the area). Fermented with natural yeasts only and aged entirely without oak.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algueira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43299250209006,"sku":"16163-750","price":30.76,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/3c62608d-83fd-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_16163-750.png?v=1658786158"},{"product_id":"quinta-da-muradella-monterrei-alanda-tinto-2016","title":"Quinta da Muradella Monterrei Alanda Tinto 2016","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe red Alanda is a blend of Mencía, Bastardo (aka Merenzao or Trousseau), Garnacha Tintorera, plus a swig of the white Doña Blanca. The fruit is drawn from a mosaic of different high altitude organic vineyards spanning a myriad of soil types including slate, granite and clay. The resulting wine is therefore a kind of vinous mural of the Monterrei landscape. One-third of the grapes are de-stemmed and everything is co-fermented. The wine is aged for 13 months in used oak barrels and six months in vat before bottling.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta da Muradella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43300345741550,"sku":"17945-750","price":39.48,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/07e54873-06fd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_17945-750.jpg?v=1658785788"},{"product_id":"algueira-brandan-2019","title":"Algueira Ribeira Sacra Brandán 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis crystalline, fleshy Godello comes from a terraced vineyard that has been painstakingly restored by Algueira's Fernando González. This vineyard lies on the cooler, north facing Orense bank of the River Sil, the opposite side to most of Algueira's holdings. Here the 30- to 80-year-old vines are rooted in the losa (schist) soils of the Amandi gorge. 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When Fernando González Riveiro found this abandoned plot, it has been reclaimed by the Galician forest and he spent years painstakingly clearing the land and rebuilding the ancient terraces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eLocated in the Ribeira del Sil sub-region, the vineyard’s walled terraces are between two and three meters high and 200m long, planted to Albariño, Godello and Treixadura. These old vines are rooted in soils rich in gneiss, quartz and slate. Naturally, all the work carried out here is manual. It’s a special place of which Luis Gutiérrez has written, “deliver[s] wines with incredible energy and, like this wine, pungent minerality and inner power.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe stellar 2019 is a blend of 40% Godello, 40% Albariño and 20% Treixadura. The fruit was co-fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for six months in stainless steel to preserve the pristine fruit and minerality. The resulting wine is worthy of its spectacular setting. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algueira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43301134434542,"sku":"19347-750","price":50.65,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/dcd2c54f-84fd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19347-750.png?v=1658786817"},{"product_id":"algueira-carravel-2016","title":"Algueira Carravel 2016","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis Mencía cuvée hails from two parcels of mature vines which hug the perilously steep and cool, slate and schist soils of the Amandi gorge. The fruit was, of course, hand-harvested, then foot-trodden and fermented with roughly 30% whole bunches in large wooden, tronconique vats, before being raised for between 12 and 18 months in neutral 600-litre barrels (and some very old barriques). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algueira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43301135319278,"sku":"19348-750","price":57.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/e623563b-84fd-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19348-750.jpg?v=1658786466"},{"product_id":"valdesil-montenovo-blanco-2020","title":"Valdesil Montenovo Blanco 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWith their cadre of old vines and magnificent highland terroirs, Valdesil has become a gold-standard source for Godello. Montenovo is this producer’s entry-level offering, crafted from massale selection vines propagated from the oldest, ‘baddest’ Godello in the world—the 130+ year old vines of the Pedrouzos vineyard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eFashioned from the Estate’s younger vineyards spread across the slate ridden Valdeorran villages of Rubiá, A Rúa, Larouco, Petín and O Bolo, this lays down a seriously impressive marker. Each soil type or plot is vinified independently and malo is suppressed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Valdesil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43301252169966,"sku":"19601-750","price":24.88,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/6744bb48-bafc-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_19601-750.jpg?v=1658786529"},{"product_id":"valdesil-valderroa-mencia-2018","title":"Valdesil Valderroa Mencia 2018","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eHighly respected for their Godello holdings (which include the legendary Pedrouzos vineyard planted in 1885), Valdesil also make a little Mencía of terrific quality. 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This entry-level red was aged in stainless steel for approximately eight months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas Valdesil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43301255807214,"sku":"19603-750","price":20.89,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/3bb88055-b9fc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19603-750.jpg?v=1658786533"},{"product_id":"valdesil-pezas-da-portela-2018","title":"Valdesil Pezas da Portela 2018","description":"This 100% Godello comes from 11 parcels of old vines rooted in the slate slopes of Portela. These parcels, or ‘pezas’, form part of the Gayoso family’s original holdings and all were planted by José Ramón Gayoso's sons in the early 1900s using massale selection cuttings from the Pedrouzos vineyard. All these vineyard parcels overlook the River Sil at an average altitude of 500 metres. The juice saw around 12 hours of skin contact before natural fermentation in a variety of oak vessels, predominantly 600-litre (third or fourth use) and 2,000-litre vats. No ‘malo’. There’s a core of fleshy, tangy orchard fruit, complemented by subtly floral, resinous and smoky complexity. Try not to serve this too cold and if possible serve it in a big glass – with air each sip takes on more creamy, nutty depth and mineral energy. 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Mateo releases both a red and a white from this vineyard, a 1.2-hectare site in near Monterrei Castle in the northwestern Pazo de Monterrei subzone. He took over the site about 27 years ago and has since replanted some varieties with massale cuttings from the ancient A Trabe mountain vineyard. Farmed using biodynamic principles, the site sits on a slope of slate\/schist soils (with a lot of iron in the mix) at an altitude of 400 metres above sea level. It’s a singular vineyard which begets one of Spain’s most distinctive whites. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eGorvia Blanco is produced almost entirely from Doña Blanca. 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It’s a tangy, herb-tinged red with succulent red fruit and flowers, all checked by a lick of rocky, powdery freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta da Muradella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44548464607470,"sku":"24028-750","price":29.72,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/02b9950a-b3af-ee11-ac3f-0aa7bbf44e76_24028-750.png?v=1704889767"},{"product_id":"quinta-da-muradella-monterrei-alanda-tinto-2018","title":"Quinta da Muradella Monterrei Alanda Tinto 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe red Alanda is a blend of Mencía, Bastardo (aka Merenzao or Trousseau), Garnacha Tintorera and a swig of the white Doña Blanca. The fruit is drawn from a mosaic of high-altitude organic vineyards spanning myriad soil types, including slate, granite and clay. The resulting wine is, therefore, a kind of vinous mural of the Monterrei landscape. 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The source vineyards are managed biodynamically and give low yields, with rocky soils that are mainly decomposed slate with granite and clay. This is simply a magnificent white from Muradella, at once succulent, deep and racy with serious mineral resonance. “Like drinking liquid stone,” our note concluded.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quinta da Muradella","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44548475650286,"sku":"24031-750","price":66.14,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/c28e908a-b2af-ee11-ac3f-02c0c1c8e708_24031-750.png?v=1704889775"},{"product_id":"quinta-da-muradella-monterrei-gorvia-blanco-2019","title":"Quinta da Muradella Monterrei Gorvia Blanco 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuradella’s Gorvia bottlings are unique and offer the kind of depth and minerality that gives the best of France a run for its money. José Luis Mateo releases a red and a white from this 1.2-hectare vineyard near Monterrei Castle in the northwestern Pazo de Monterrei subzone. He took over the site about 27 years ago and has since replanted some varieties with mass-selection cuttings from the ancient A Trabe mountain vineyard. Farmed using biodynamic principles, the site sits on a slope of slate\/schist soils (with plenty of iron in the mix) at 400 metres above sea level. It’s a singular vineyard that begets one of Spain’s most distinctive wines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the red from this vineyard is a blend of varieties, the Gorvia Blanco is produced almost entirely from Doña Blanca, fermented (with one-third whole bunches) in a 1,500-litre foudre and a 500-litre barrel, both neutral, for one year, then blended and returned to stainless steel for another year before bottling. 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