La Yegua 2020

Sangarida is the project of the children of Robustiano Fariña, who runs the ATTIS winery in Rías Baixas with his brother Baldomero.

La Yegua is a cuvée of 50% Godello and 50% Dona Blanca from old vineyards. Grown at altitudes of 550-650 metres, the hand-picked grapes are fermented together in new and used pièce and 500-litre oak and acacia barrels and aged on the lees for 12 months.

Pale straw yellow with a silver tapered rim.

On the nose, the 2020 Sangarida La Yegua flaunts ripe green and yellow pome fruits, reminiscent of Granny Smith, yellow pears and mirabelles. The lush fruit notes are wafted by salty sea breezes and framed by fine herbal spice. The wine promises a distinctive mineral pleasure.

The palate delivers what the nose promises. With ripe, juicy fruit and a citrus twist on the nose, it builds up good pressure, accelerated by vibrant, deep minerality and a distinctive, salty finish. Rich in extract with a hint of aniseed in the finish, high inner tension and creamy melting, it performs a bit like a fist in a velvet glove and increasingly expands in the glass.