Honest Wines
Our vocation is to make sincere Ribeiro wines based on agronomy, applying knowledge of science to cultivating the land. Landscape and territory wines, authentic and genuine, made with a mixture of native grapes.
Our production philosophy is based on keeping as faithful as possible the full potential of the vineyard and the grapes that reach the winery. To achieve this, the character of the plots must be fully respected and the least interventionist in the winery.
Knowledge and selection
Our work concept is to separate our plots as much as possible and subdivide each one of them to know their behaviour. We apply a harvest criterion that is based on two pillars: knowledge of the variety and the plot, and the selection of 100% grapes in the vineyard.
For this reason, not only each type of grape is collected separately, but also each plot and each variety within the same vineyard. They tend to be very long harvests because our goal is to achieve the optimum and complete state of ripeness.
Winemaking
Depending on the origin plot and variety, we use the materials that least alter the natural character of the grape and the vineyard. In addition to small capacity stainless steel tanks, in the winery we use different volumes and woods, all of them already used; casks, open vats, different styles of barrels and egg fermenters made of concrete.
MEÍN CASTES BRANCAS 2023
Meín 2023 is the representation of the Avia valley, its historical viticultural interpretation, its sábrego soils and a climate that demands meticulous care on the part of the team. The most important grape variety is treixadura, but it has small percentages of godello, albariño, torrontés and loureira.
O GRAN MEÍN CASTES BRANCAS 2022
O Gran Meín Castes Brancas 2022 is the demonstration of the landscapeplurivarietal and historical knowledge based on the smallholding of Ribeiro. The division of the land into vineyards of small areas and the different elaborations of treixadura, godello, torrontés, albariño, loureira, caíño blanco and lado are worked independently in the vineyard and winery. The search for the essence of each fraction of the land ends up forming part of an assemblage wine after aging. O Gran Meín Castes Brancas represents the viticultural history of Lugar de Meín, the Avia Valley and its aging capacity. Contained aromas of citrus and flowers that become expressive with oxygenation time. Complexity full of life that recalls its origin.
O GRAN MEÍN TINTO 2021
O Gran Meín Tinto 2021 expresses the nobility of the red varieties in the Avia Valley. Brancellao and caíño longo growing on historic plots of Osebe and Ribeira; where climate and variety have aligned to express the origin like nowhere else.
EMILIO ROJO 2020
Emilio Rojo 2018 is the result of smallholder viticulture. The blend of different local varieties (treixadura, lado, godello, caíño blanco, albariño and Emilio Rojo 2020 is the interpretation of an exceptional plot: a 1.2 ha labyrinth of terraces on the western slope of the Avia valley with nascent exposure. A place where the symbiosis of inland Galicia, co-planting of varieties, sábrego soil and colleiteiro viticulture intersect.
Emilio Rojo is an unrepeatable vineyard and wine. Treixadura, lado, godello, albariño, caíño blanco, torrontés and loureira recall the historical past and the diversity of the environment. The knowledge acquired over generations elevates its elaboration to excellence. Complex, diverse and integrated aromas that reflect the environment, the grape varieties, the soil and the climate. Energy and depth in the mouth, reflect this plot. The fortune of transmitting a unique vineyard.
Harvest record
Avia valley is characterized by an Atlantic influence during most of the year, but with inland temperatures in the summer. An extreme climate that expresses the landscape of this environment.
