Algueira Pizarra 2014 giant-steps clove and dried herbs

clove and dried herbs

sweet-fruited

distinctively flavored with citrus overtones

The 2018 vintage of the Seresin Estate Sauvignon Blanc received a Silver Medal at this years New Zealand Organic Wine Awards

Algueira Pizarra 2014 giant-steps clove and dried herbsAlgueira's flagship Menca comes from the oldest vines of the Estate, mainly from the sun trapping, unbelievably steep, 80% slope of the Carballocovo vineyard. Here the vines have over 70 vintages behind them. Pizarra is a local word for the slate soils that seem to bring a pungent, smoky minerality to the wine. Nominated, by Jess Barqun et al. in The Finest Wines of Rioja and Northwest Spain, as one of Galicia's top 10 reds, this is clearly one of the