Fedellos do Couto 'Peixes da Estrada' Tinto, Galicia, Spain 2019

• Winemakers:  Curro Barreño & Jesús Olivares
• Farming: Sustainable
• Variety: Mencía, Mouranton, Grao Negro, Garnacha Tintorera, Bastardo, Godello, Doña Blanca, Palomino, Colgadeira
• Terroir: Sand, granite, schist at 700m elevation
• Vinification: Hand harvested, whole cluster natural yeast fermentation in vat, gentle maceration lasting two months
• Aging: 12 months in 3000L foudre and neutral 500L French oak demi-muids
• Tasting Note: Medium bodied, with a juicy and fruity attack of mixed berries, mission fig, and leather. The grippy tannins extend the finish and accentuate the natural acidity of this compelling red blend! 
  

Curro and Jésus consider Peixe da Estrada their village wine coming from vineyards in Fornelos de Filloás, Grixoa, and Buxán. Here they tend several small plots of 60-80-year-old vines planted to a wide range of varieties indigenous to this part of Galicia. About a third is Mencía, another third is made up of  Mourantón, Grao Negro and Garnacha Tintorera with the remainder Bastardo, Godello, Doña Blanca, Palomino and Colgadeira. These villages are all located just south of Ribeira Sacra and Valdeorras.