Envinate - Ribeira Sacra 'Lousas Doad' Mencia - 2022

The 2022 Doad Lousas, the second vintage of the village red, comes from gneiss and schist soils from the traditional zone of the Sil. It is warmer and riper, a textbook example of ripe Mencía fruit, from an earlier-ripening zone with juicy wines. As with the rest of the 2022s, the wine is super expressive, aromatic and a little riper and more immediate than the tighter 2023s. It has a floral and perfumed nose and is quite fruitdriven, juicy and tasty, with fine tannins already getting polished. 95 Points Luis Gutierrez, roberparker.com