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Mencía grape of the Ribeira Sacra

Sober, Terra de Lemos, Lugo

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Mencía grape of the Ribeira Sacra

Food and drink · Sober, Terra de Lemos, Lugo

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The dominant red grape variety on the hillsides of Sober, hand-harvested on steeply sloping terraces above the Sil; it yields wines of red fruit and lively acidity protected by the Ribeira Sacra designation of origin. The DO, established in 1996 and registered with the European Union in 2004, extends across the provinces of Lugo and Ourense and is divided into five subzones; the vineyards of Sober, with its parishes of Doade, Amandi, Lobios and others, make up the Amandi subzone, the one most closely linked to the growing of mencía. Sober has 29 wineries registered with the regulatory council and holds the Amandi Wine Fair every year, which gives this demarcation its name.

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