Appellation: none Cuvée: A Senda Vermelha Colour: Red Grapes: Caiño and Mencia in varying proportions according to the harvest About: a new wine for 2020, and a red! From local grape Caiño and Mencia grown in the Rias Baixas, giving just 10 to 11%, it’s lithe, and super refreshing, but with typical Nanclares complexity, nuance … Continue reading Nanclares y Prieto A Senda Vermelha
Appellation: Viño Branco. Cuvée: Paraje Mina. Colour: White. Grapes: Albariño. About: a more recent first made in 2012 from the vineyard of the same name, 1,200 to 2,400 bottles made, depending on the year’s yield, part in stainless steel part in old oak. It’s declassified from D.O. Rías Baixas because it’s so different. Vines Location: … Continue reading Nanclares Paraje Mina
Appellation: Salnes; Rías Baixas. Cuvée: Soverribas. Colour: White. Grapes: Albariño. About: this Cuvée is Alberto first single vineyard wine, matured in old French oak on its lees for one year, first made in 1997. It’s a complex, saline, totally alternative and gorgeous expression of Albariño from the Rías Baixas. Vines Location: from one plot called … Continue reading Nanclares Soverribas
Appellation: Salnes; Rías Baixas. Cuvée: Nanclares. Colour: White. Grapes: Albariño. About: this Cuvée was the first to be produced by Alberto, in 1997, from all his plots at the time, including the “back garden”, and remains the same blend today. It’s around 40% made and aged in old French oak 500L barrels. Vines Location: from … Continue reading Nanclares Nanclares
Appellation: Salnes; Rías Baixas. Cuvée: Dandelión. Colour: White. Grapes: Albariño. About: this Cuvée is from the first grapes to be harvested, from fruit grown by partners under supervision of Alberto, from inland vineyards and shows a fatter, rounder, less saline character than the other entry level wine Tempus Vivendi. First made in 2011. Vines Location: … Continue reading Nanclares Dandelión
Appellation: Salnes; Rías Baixas. Cuvée: Tempus Vivendi. Colour: White. Grapes: Albariño. About: this Cuvée is from the second grapes to be harvested, from fruit grown by partners under supervision of Alberto, near the sea, and shows a more refreshing saline, spicy fruit character than the other entry level wine Dandelión. First made in 2003. Vines … Continue reading Nanclares Tempus Vivendi
Who: Alberto Nanclares and Silvia Prieto. What: D.O. Rias Baixas. Where: Cambados, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. When: Since 1997. The Story Alberto Nanclares is an economist by training and profession whose love of sailing brought him to the Galician coast many years ago. He and his wife invested in a small second home near their boat … Continue reading Nanclares y Prieto
