Envinate 2022 Lousas Doad

Doad is a protected village DO in Ribeira Sacra now, after many years and attempts to have it accepted and protected. This bottling from Envinate is from the village, but as they don't submit their wines for DO approval, they cannot use the full name of the village here.  Soils here are mostly schist, with quartz and gneiss. A lovely, medium-bodied red, with notes of herbs and spice. There is a forest floor profile that reminds me of Raffault Chinon Picasses. A wine to guard, with perfect material, structure and elegance. -EL