Rico Nuevo Cebreros Garnacha Barrera De Sol 2020 Consignment this cuvée opens with aromas

this cuvée opens with aromas of green apple

90% Viura 10% Garnacha Bianca and 13 months in french oak

when late autumn heat brought Douro Valley grapes to perfect maturity after a cool growing season

from a grower who learned on the hill itself

and honeydew melon kissed by smoky minerality and finest botrytis

Rico Nuevo Cebreros Garnacha Barrera De Sol 2020 Consignment this cuvée opens with aromasOld vine Garnacha from the granite slopes of Cebreros in the Sierra de Gredos, where high elevation gives these reds perfume and lift instead of weight. Rico Nuevo is a small family operation tending decades old bush vines across tiny parcels, farming organically and working with minimal intervention. Barrera de Sol is one of their single site bottlings, raised in a mix of steel, concrete and neutral barrels to keep the fruit pure and the terroir