Viños de Encostas, Máis Alá, Galicia, Spain, 2018

An amazing surprise by Viños de Encostas, of Ribeiro fame. The wine should not be tasted directly from the bottle. It needs vigorous aeration to free its multi-layered aromatic expression, with a lovely white pepper touch and restrained, elegant white fruit. The wine's texture is spectacular, finely sown, firm and lively. It has a style of its own, with outspoken depth worth comparing to the austere elegance of As Sortes, a kind of Meursault-versus-Montrachet situation. It keeps its fresh complexity for two days with the bottle open. From just outside the Valdeorras appellation.