A fantastic bottle from Galicia

Our wine of the week takes us to the far north west corner of Spain, to Galicia. This spectacular part of the country consists of beautiful beaches, steep and high mountains and wast plains. It's blessed with an oceanic climate, with rainy winters and spring, and quite dry summers.

Dominio do Bibei is run by Javier Dominguez and was founded back in 1999. It's considered one of the absolute top in the region and produces quality wines from these dramatic vineyards.

The grapes for LaLama are hand harvested in these steep hills, situated 300-700 meters above sea level. The vines are between 18-100 years old and the grape mix is 90% Mencia, 3% Garnacha, 3% Brancellao and 2% Mouraton. The wine is stored 13 months in French oak, 7 months in 45hl casks and 16 months in bottle before release.
​It's a fantastic wine both for drinking on its own, but also super versatile with food.

This is a brilliant example of the new style of wines coming out of Spain these days.

Tasting notes

Dominio do Bibei Lalama 2016 - 259 kr

Brilliant deep ruby red colour.
Delicious smell of red berries, oak, plums, spices, sawmill and cherries.

Clean taste of red berries, sour cherries, spices and liquorice. Moderate but long tannins, with a fresh delicate mouth feel.
A structured wine with great fruit and depth of spices.

With food
Will pair brilliant with the Italian cuisine. Veal, pizza and Bolognese or whip up some Carbonara.
But the tannin structure in this fun bottle will also do great with game such as deer and reindeer, in addition you can pair it with beef tenderloin or sirloin.

Just great!