Algueira, Dolio

Algueira, DolioThe 2019 Dolio is a cuve of Menca, Brancellao (quite a lot here), Sousn, Cao and Garnacha Tintorera. It was created as a blend with the help of Telmo Rodrguez and Pablo Eguzkiza in this first vintage, but they should go much further in future years. They selected north and west facing vineyards to achieve more freshness in the wine, trying to reflect the huge potential of Ribeira Sacra. The full clusters were foot trodden and fermented in a tronconic

This is an eye-opening wine that makes me rethink the aging potential of wines from this Right Bank satellite appellation

Saturated crimson

2-3 decades are needed for this to really come around

together with the fresh acidities of its limestone soils

with plentiful fine-grained tannins that firm up on the long finish

667 bottles and 7500 magnums were filled in March 2022

Like several wines in the range

along with dusty cherry

Like several of the wines in the range this possesses enough dry extract such that it will be approachable young but should also repay mid-term cellaring

Juicy and savory

Sweet red berry and spice notes linger on the delicate finish

It has character