Spanish Red
Alvar de Dios 'Camino de Arrieros', Castilla y Léon, Spain 2020
$32.00
- Rufete, Juan Garcia, Trincadeira Preta, Merenzao, Mandón, Others
- Practicing Organic
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DO Arribes is a little-known appellation located on the extreme western edge of Spain along its border with Portugal. Here, Alvar de Dios 36 small parcels of vines totaling 5 hectares, most of which are used to create Camino de los Arrieros. A blend of Rufete, Juan García, Trincadeira Preta, Merenzao, and some other stray varieties mixed in the vineyards all planted on sandy red slate soils, Camino is harvested by hand, fermented whole cluster by indigenous yeasts in 1000L French oak vats with pigeage by foot