La Perdida A Seara

Appellation: Vino de España. Cuvée: A Seara. Colour: red. Garnacha Tintorera, Mencia, Mouraton 70%, Dona Branca, Godello, Palomino 30% About: New wine in 2019, from granite soils in the Ribeira Sacra region adjoining Valdeorras. Same grapes as Nacho’s other new wine in 2019, Meu, but different, late-ripening soils, the last to be picked. Incidentally, there’s … Continue reading La Perdida A Seara

La Perdida O Pando

Appellation: Vino de España. Cuvée: O Pando. Colour: White. Grapes: Godello. About: The name comes from the first vineyard Nacho worked. The grapes now come from other vineyards as well but all in similar location, all on clay, rather than the more common granite. Same grapes as the Orange version. Vines Location: from several parcels … Continue reading La Perdida O Pando

La Perdida Meu

Appellation: Vino de España. Cuvée: Meu. Colour: red. Grapes: Garnacha Tintorera, Mencia, Mouraton 70%, Dona Branca, Godello, Palomino 30% About: Meu means “mine” in Galician after how Nacho feels about the wine, a wine for his friends who are like brothers and sisters. New wine in 2019, from a chalk hillside. Same grapes as Nacho’s … Continue reading La Perdida Meu

La Perdida information posted!

Almost everything we know about La Perdida’s wines for now has been posted here! La Perdida is run by Nacho Gonzalez who produces fewer than 15,000 bottles a year from 28 tiny parcels of vines in inland Galicia. A maverick, he’s fiercely organic, and works without any additives in the cellar. The wines are humorous and generous, and … Continue reading La Perdida information posted!

La Perdida Proscrito

Appellation: Vino de España. Cuvée: Proscrito. Colour: pink. Grapes: Palomino 90%, Garnacha Tintorera 10%. About: an extraordinary pink wine, more of a pale red, from two usually poorly thought-of grapes, here magically transformed into a wine that finds a balance between gravity and levity. Vines Location: from more than a dozen parcels around Serdur and … Continue reading La Perdida Proscrito

La Perdida A Chaira

Appellation: Vino de España. Cuvée: A Chaira. Colour: White. Grapes: Dona Branca (known as Doña Blanca in Spain). About: Dona Branca is known as Doña Blanca in Spain and it’s a perfect introduction to Nacho’s style. This single varietal wine from a typically under-rated local variety is limpid and vegetal, yet lingers and persists, and … Continue reading La Perdida A Chaira

La Perdida Malas Uvas

Appellation: Vino de España. Cuvée: Malas Uvas. Colour: White. Grapes: Palomino 80%, Dona Branca 20%. About: from varietals that can appear neutral at first then marvellously, mysteriously expressive, under-rated by most, highly rated by Nacho and the proof is in the wine. Vines Location: from several parcels of vines near the monastery of Ermitas and … Continue reading La Perdida Malas Uvas