2021 Raul Perez El Pecado Mencia, Ribeira Sacra, Spain Mousse Fils roasted red meats with branches

roasted red meats with branches of fresh herbs

The wine is ripe and will be ready to drink from later this year

Straw yellow in colour with abundant and persistent fine perlage

leading to a flavorful finish with length

crushed red roses and violets

2021 Raul Perez El Pecado Mencia, Ribeira Sacra, Spain Mousse Fils roasted red meats with branchesEl 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