Fedellos do Couto 'Bastarda', Galicia, Spain 2020 Cabernet Day and pressed flowers

and pressed flowers

with freshly baked berry pastry and ripe raspberry

This is not about power

This is a beautifully and intensely perfumed wine

Acidity and black currant fruit are just as important as the structure

Fedellos do Couto 'Bastarda', Galicia, Spain 2020 Cabernet Day and pressed flowersI tasted three vintages of the Bastarda Trousseau varietal bottling to catch up with past vintages, starting with the older 2020 Bastarda that fermented with full clusters and had a long maceration and then matured in well seasoned 500 liter French oak barrels. It has a medium body and 12% alcohol, a more developed color, with orange tints, open and nuanced, with notes of wild strawberries and herbs, perfumed and delicious. It has the austere