Fedellos do Couto 'Bastarda', Galicia, Spain 2020 Chateau Maucaillou featuring the particular local "dorée"

featuring the particular local "dorée" or "golden" limestone that is laden with iron

This estate has steadily gained in quality and this latest release is one of its best

Aromatic and expressive

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Fedellos do Couto 'Bastarda', Galicia, Spain 2020 Chateau Maucaillou featuring the particular local "dorée"I 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