La Perdida, O Trancado 2024

Nacho Gonzalez, a trained biologist, began his journey into winemaking after inheriting his grandmother’s 70-year-old vines in Galicia, Spain. In an effort to preserve more of these old, regional varietals and winemaking practices, he has acquired around 32 parcels in the Larouco area. These are found at higher altitudes on a mosaic of granite and clay soils, climatically highly influenced by the Atlantic. Each step of the winemaking process works harmoniously with the environment, from promoting the soil microbiome in the vineyard, to adding zero preservatives at bottling. Colloquially-speaking, La Pérdida means ‘the lost one’. Inspired by the estate’s volunteer pickers who claimed they couldn’t see the bush vines hidden among the long grasses - they were lost. O Trancado 2024 is 70% Garnacha Tintorera and 30% Mencía from very old and low-yielding vines. Both grapes are destemmed then fermented in open air wooden vats for 20 days with skins gradually removed in waves. Aged in stainless steel and old oak barrels. Intense nose of violet, lavender and leather. Despite a light and elegant body, the flavours are super concentrated - a little smokey with reductive notes of blackberry. O Trancado 2024 would pair well with bitter chocolate tart.