'I love the nose of the 2021 Finca O Pereiro. 2021 is the first year when they put the wine through 100% malolactic, which happened in the middle of the super slow and long fermentation. It might have given the wine something different, but I see more complexity here than in previous years. It's complex and elegant, and the palate is seamless, with vibrant acidity, explosive flavors and a long finish. Since 2019, the wine has matured in a 5,000-liter oak foudre. This has to be the finest and most complex O Pereiro to date, with nuance and tension. 5,900 bottles were produced. It was bottled in August 2022.
Xurxo Alba Padín keeps planting more vines to increase his vineyard holdings (the total will be close to seven hectares of vines planted since 2020). In 2024/2025, he will plant the last half hectare with Albariño, Caíño, Espadeiro and Mencía. As for the current wines, we tasted 2021 and 2022, including some wines from Valdeorras and Ribeira Sacra. He compared 2021 with 2017, two years of very fresh wines. Some of the 2021s have to be the finest wines he has ever produced. I found the reds more difficult than ever. He has also started producing some ancestral sparkling wines.' Luis Gutierrez- Wine Advocate
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