Fedellos Bastarda 2021 750 ml
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$56.99
The Fedellos do Couto Bastarda is a light-bodied red wine from the Ribeira Sacra region of Spain. It is made from the Merenzao grape, which is known as Bastardo in Portugal and Trousseau in France’s Jura region. The winery, Fedellos do Couto, was founded in 2013 and practices organic farming with some biodynamic principles.
- Aroma: The wine offers a lifted, racy nose of fresh red fruits, such as raspberries and cherries, with herbal, floral, and spicy undertones.
- Flavor: Expect juicy red berries, sour cherry, and cranberry notes, with some vintages showing orange peel and floral pastilles. The palate is vibrant with energetic acidity, fine-grained tannins, and a saline minerality from the granite soils.
- Body and Finish: This is a light-bodied wine with a fluid, elegant, and persistent character. The finish is long and precise.
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For generations, the Taboada family has owned the Pazo do Couto, an ancient manor dating to the 12th century that over the centuries has produced a wide array of agricultural products on the decomposed granite and schist soils at the southern and eastern end of the Ribeira Sacra in the sub-zones of Ribeiras do Sil and Quiroga-Bibei.
Luis Taboada, recognizing the value of his ancient, north- and east-facing vineyards, teamed up with viticulturalist Pablo Soldavini, a proponent of organic farming and winemakers Curro Bareño and Jesús Olivares to found Fedellos do Couto in 2011. Bareño and Olivares were the talented team behind Ronsel do Sil, one of the most heralded estates in Ribeira Sacra, but both began their career in the Sierra de Gredos, where they were close friends and colleagues of Dani Landi, Fernando Garcia, and Marc Isart. This association is obvious in their wines: elegant and nuanced but persistent and powerful.
