Bodegas Regina Viarum, Mencía, Ribeira Sacra, Spain, 2016

From the spectacularly steep landscapes of Ribeira Sacra, where cultivating grapes is rightly called ‘viticultura heroica’: the vineyards slope at more than 45° down to the Sil river. ‘Sacrifice has a different taste’, they say. Undoubtedly! This is an original: unoaked, so very pure and very fresh with dark fruit.