Algueira Ribeira Sacra Risco 2019 ox-hardy Winner - Prime Minister's Champion

Winner - Prime Minister's Champion Wine of the Show

Beautiful aromatic freshness on the nose with notes of white peach and pear

Smashing stuff

earth and herb notes

Algueira Ribeira Sacra Risco 2019 ox-hardy Winner - Prime Minister's ChampionMerenzao is the same variety as Trousseau (and Bastardo in Portugal) and was probably brought to Ribeira Sacra by the Cistercian monks who set up camp here in the Middle Ages. Algueiras Merenzao vines have an average age of 80 years and are rooted in a steep slope of gneiss, quartz and slate in the Amandi Gorge. The fruit sees a wild yeast, 100% whole bunch ferment, is pressed by foot and aged for 12 months in old oak and some local chestnut vessels.