Serea, meaning “Mermaid” in Gallego, is 100% hand-harvested Albariño from ten- to fifteen-year-old organic vines near the coast. Fermented and aged in stainless steel for three months.
Miguel planted some vines of Caiño when his daughter was born in 2009 in a tiny, rocky plot of his vineyard. The wine ferments spontaneously without any sulphur addition in stainless steel. Malolactic is not stopped and the wine stays on the lees for 6 months.
From 30 year old vines planted on grantic slopes ten miles from the Atlantic ocean in Pontevedra. Fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel with full malolactic fermentation, aged on the lees for 12 to 18 months in vats.
70% Mencía, 20% Caiño, and 10% Espadeiro, from 30 year old vines planted on sandy, alluvial plots at the foot of the Pedralonga slope. Fermented from native yeasts, partially with whole clusters in stainless-steel tanks. Aged on the lees for at least 1 year. No oak, bottled unfined and unfiltered....
100% Albarino from multiple plots in Val do Saines. Vines are grown in granite and loam soils and they average about 25 years in age. Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented in stainless steel tanks. Aged on the lees for three months.
Lomba dos Ares is Curro & Jesus’ village wine from their oldest and steepest vineyards on the west bank of the Bibei – the river that separates Ribeira Sacra from Valdeorras. Averaging about 70 years old, the vines for this wine offer a patchwork of indigenous varieties, with Mencia comprising...
A blend of primarily Godello with Dona Blanca, Albariño, Treixadura, Lado, & Torrontes grown on 60-80 year vines in Granite, slate, and sand soils (450-650m). Grapes are hand harvested left 70% whole cluster and under go natural yeast “co-fermentation” in barrel. After 40 day skin contact with...
100% Mencia from the villages of Chandoiro and Larouco in the Val do Bibei (500-600 elevation) on 20 year old vines. Grapes are hand-harvested, left whole cluster and undergo a natural yeast fermentation in plastic bins. 40-60 day maceration/pigeage followed by 8 months in a 20HL concrete tank and...
Known as Merenzao in Valdeorras and across the border in Portugal as Bastardo, this variety originates from the foothills of the Alps, where it is known as Trousseau. A difficult grape to reach full ripeness in the Jura, plantings of Trousseau there are fairly modest. In the relatively warmer...
A blend of primarily Godello with Dona Blanca, Albariño, Treixadura, Lado, & Torrontes grown on 60-80 year vines in Granite, slate, and sand soils (450-650m). Grapes are hand harvested left 70% whole cluster and under go natural yeast “co-fermentation” in barrel. After 40 day skin contact with...
Lomba dos Ares is Curro & Jesus’ village wine from their oldest and steepest vineyards on the west bank of the Bibei – the river that separates Ribeira Sacra from Valdeorras. Averaging about 70 years old, these sites offer a patchwork of indigenous varieties, with Mencia comprising the largest...
