Ribeira Sacra Tinto, 'A Boca do Demo'

Score

93

Score

94

Score

93

Score

94

Score

95

"The A Boca Do Demo from Raúl Pérez and Rodrigo Méndez is made from classic regional field blend of Mencía, Bastardo, Mouratón, Caiño, Brancellao and Garnacha Tintorera. It is a single vineyard wine, from the Finca as Bodegas, which was planted in 1950. The wine is one hundred percent whole clusters and raised in older foudre and demi-muids. The 2020 A Boca Do 62 Demo offers up a deep and precise bouquet of cassis, dark berries, espresso, just a touch of pomegranate, sweet botanicals, stony soil tones, graphite, cigar smoke, gentle meatiness and a hint of cedar in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and soil-driven in personality, with a beautiful core of black fruit, fine-grained tannins, impeccable balance and a long, complex and utterly refined finish. This has more inherent elegance than the broader shouldered Finca El Curvado in this vintage. It is a truly stunning young bottle of Ribeira Sacra Tinto! 2034-2075+."