Raul Perez El Pecado Mencia, Ribeira Sacra, Spain 2021 Domaine Bousquet The palate is beautifully balanced

The palate is beautifully balanced with finely chiseled tannins

it opens with a pleasant freshness combined with subtle hints of peppermint and silky tannins

Fresh and supple

and a lingering mineral edge that gives the wine both clarity and persistence

Raul Perez El Pecado Mencia, Ribeira Sacra, Spain 2021 Domaine Bousquet The palate is beautifully balancedEl Pecado "the sin" was Ral Prez's first wine from Ribeira Sacra, and it remains one of his rarest and most sought after reds. The fruit comes from the Capelios vineyard, an ancient, vertiginous parcel on the steep schist slopes above the Sil river, farmed by the Gumaro family. Mostly Menca, braided with old field blend Bastardo, Garnacha Tintorera, Caio, and Brancellao, it shows perfumed mineral, dried flowers, and aromatic herbs before air coaxes