Ladeiras do Xil Gaba do Xil O Barreiro 2024 Wine (75cl)

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Whole bunches are hand harvested in small boxes, with a meticulous selection made in the vineyard. The bunches are gently pressed and the wine undergoes a spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in temperature stainless steel tanks. Post fermentation, the wine is racked into stainless steel tanks, where it is then aged for four months on its fine lees without bâtonnage. No malolactic fermentation. Bottled unfiltered. The 2024 Gaba do Xil O Barreiro is 99% Godello with a smidgen of indigenous varieties grown on 50-year-old vines in O Barreiro in the Larouco village. Medium-bodied, it offers layers of sweet peach and well-integrated acidity, fermented on native yeast in stainless steel tank before aging on the lees with no bâtonnage. This is a sophisticated, wild take on the grape, a nod to tradition and magical vineyards in unexpected places. The 2024 Gaba do Xil O Barreiro comes from a mild year, with enough rain and lower yields because of problems with fungus. The grapes were healthy when they started picking them the third of September. It fermented and matured in stainless steel with lees for four months without going through malolactic acidity. It's pale and young, still a little reductive, faintly balsamic but with a good core and mid-palate with fantastic balance. It comes in at 13.5% alcohol, with a pH of 3.6 and 4.8 grams of acidity.