Fernando Algueira’s Dolio 2022 is a red wine from Ribeira Sacra in Galicia, Spain, a region defined by dramatic topography and demanding viticulture. Adega Algueira works on the slopes of the Sil river, with vineyards that can reach “up to 60º steepness,” according to the winery. The Dolio site includes a five-hectare area on the slopes of Doade where, the estate says, vines have been cultivated “for at least 15 centuries.” That setting is central to the wine’s identity: steep, terraced vineyards between roughly 200 and 600 meters, with a mix of slate, schist, granite, quartz, and gneiss soils cited in technical and producer materials.
Dolio is presented as a blend of indigenous Galician red varieties—Mencía, Brancellao, Sousón, Caíño, and Merenzao—built around old-vine Mencía and supported by grapes the producer positions for lift and tension. The winery notes that the best Mencía and Garnacha Tintorera come from “deep pure slate,” while other varieties are planted across “gneiss, quartz, granite, and slate,” a soil range that helps explain the wine’s reputation for both structure and freshness.
For the 2022 vintage specifically, the only confirmed technical datum in the available materials is alcohol: 14%. Other commonly cited production details (including exact blend proportions, whole-cluster fermentations, and extended élevage in French oak) are documented for 2021, but were not independently confirmed for 2022 in the information provided.
Professional reviews were not supplied for the 2022, and no vintage-specific scores could be verified here. However, the wine has a strong track record in adjacent vintages: the 2021 Dolio is listed with an excellent 98-point score from James Suckling, alongside 95 points from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate and 95 points from Decanter (all reported in merchant technical material). Taken together, those high ratings frame Dolio as one of Ribeira Sacra’s benchmark modern reds, with 2022 positioned as the next release from the same steep-slope, indigenous-variety blueprint.
