Discover the top 100 best red wines of Ribeira Sacra of Ribeira Sacra as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Ribeira Sacra and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Galician DO of heroic viticulture on the vertiginous slopes of the Miño and Sil canyons, terraces among Europe's steepest. Mencía signature Atlantic red: fine and fresh with signature notes of raspberry, sour cherry, violet, fresh herbs, black pepper and slate mineral touch, delicate tannins and lively acidity — drinkable and elegant, a world away from warm Spanish reds. Taut Godello and saline Albariño in whites. Atlantic climate, schistous soils.
Intensely coloured, supple reds with an ink-dark robe, smooth tannins and an ample palate of blackfruit (blackberry, blackcurrant), candied cherry, plum, spices and sunny notes. A teinturier grape with red pulp that deepens colour in southern blends; also a star as a single varietal in Alentejo DOC. Grown in Languedoc, Spain and California. French hybrid created in 1866 by Henri Bouschet (petit bouschet × grenache).
red wines from the region of Ribeira Sacra go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of blanquette of veal in pickle sauce, rabbit with mustard in a casserole or korean bibimbap.
On the nose in the region of Ribeira Sacra often reveals types of flavors of non oak, spices or earth and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or oak. In the mouth in the region of Ribeira Sacra is a powerful with a nice freshness.
