" The 2023 Lousas Seoane has an intoxicating floral nose and seems to close in the glass. It's very young and tender, perfumed and primary. I think the field blend of red and white varieties brings nuance, perfume and detail (and possibly freshness too). It has pungent flavors and doesn't lack ripeness at 13.55% alcohol; this is the ripest of the single vineyards, a south/southwest-acing slope harvested the sixth of September. Like the rest of the single-vineyard wines, it was vinified with full clusters and indigenous yeasts, foot trodden in plastic bins, pressed with a vertical press and matured in neutral 228-, 400- and 500-liter barrels, including malolactic and without any added sulfur until bottling. This beauty is pure perfume. 1,960 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2024.." 98pts Luis Gutiérrez The Wine Advocate July 2025
"The bottled 2023s from EnvĂnate are from Ribeira Sacra, but sadly, they are sold without appellation of origin. These wines are stunning, possibly their finest collection to date. There is a jump in perfume, complexity and elegance in Seoane, Rosende and Camiño Novo, wines that are a true bargain. The problem is finding them...
2023 was a vintage like in the past, with a rainy winter and normal dates for sprouting, and it was all nice and textbook until June, which was very rainy, with 11 days of non-stop rain, which made things complicated in the vineyards. July and August were dry, as always, until a heat wave at the end of August, with peaks of 41 degrees Celsius and lows of no less than 22 degrees Celsius. They started harvesting at the end of August, and it rained quite a lot during September, so they had to stop the harvest a number of times. So, how are the wines? Despite the difficulties, the wines are floral, fragrant and fine-boned. Apparently, the warmer zones suffered, so they probably did a lot of sorting and discarding. The wines are amazing." Luis Gutiérrez The Wine Advocate
