Friere Lobo Dao Vigno Tinto 2021

Elisa Lobo is cranking out some incredible reds and whites at mind boggling prices.

She revitalized her family’s land in the Dao region where olive trees and grazing pastures alternated with vines planted in the 1950’s, rooted in sandy, granitic hillsides at 1800+ feet above sea level. It sounded like a good recipe for success in theory, but seeing the results over the past decade-plus has been remarkable. It’s pretty amazing how elegant and complex these wines are.

Her newly released 2021 Tinto showcases wild-red berry fruit and savory aromatics of baking spice and red flowers. In the mouth, the fruit is pure, complex, and layered, with tension and length that belies its humble price point. It is remarkable wine for the money, a home-run quality-price-ratio opportunity that should be your house red.