Abadia Da Cova, Cepa Vella, 2025 042326OFFER Still relatively young

Still relatively young

finishing with whispers of bacon fat and savory minerality

and ability to age for decades

Think of it as Barolo's charming

Brut Nature Champagne means zero sugar added—just wine

Abadia Da Cova, Cepa Vella, 2025 042326OFFER Still relatively youngRibeira Sacra Mencia at its juicy, gulpable best. Abadia da Cova farms steep granitic terraces above the Sil and Mino rivers in Galicia's most dramatic wine country slopes so vertiginous the locals call it heroic viticulture. Cepa Vella draws from 15 to 40 year old vines and rests briefly in tank, capturing Mencia's signature lift: violet tinged red and black fruits, a wash of wild herbs, that almost balsamic edge that makes Atlantic influenced Mencia