Fedellos do Couto 'Peixes da Rocha' Mencia-Field Blend 2020

Some of the most exciting wine being produced in Ribeira Sacra right now. Focusing on the cooler and wilder regions South of the River Sil, where the vineyards tend to avoid the intense afternoon sun that reaches the more famous sub-region of Amandi. Fedellos are crafting seriously delicious, lightweight and precise wine.

Peixes da Rocha is a bright and perfumed Mencia-field blend from vineyards that sit at 800m above sea level. Making them some of highest altitude in the region. They are on a bedrock of granite and quartz, within the village of Viana do Bolo. It is a field blend of Mencia, Mouraton, Grao Negro, Garnacha Tintorera, Bastardo, Godello, Palomino and Dona Blanca.

The wine is made using 100% whole bunch and cold soaked for 60 days on skins. Maturation lasts for 24 months in used oak barrels. It has a distinctive fragrant aromas, that lifts into sweet spice characters with a juicy, dark-fruit finish.