Ribeira Sacra

Stone terraces above the Sil, in places up to 85 percent steep, all picked by hand. Our Ribeira Sacra wines come from Algueira, Guímaro and Ronsel do Sil: reds from Mencía, Merenzao, Brancellao and Caiño, whites from Godello and Dona Branca.

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Sober, Amandi and the Sil valley

Algueira is based in Doade, a village in the municipality of Sober. Guímaro also calls Sober home, in the Amandi subzone. Ronsel do Sil makes its wine down by the river, looking across at the slopes of Amandi, and farms vines in the Ribeiras do Sil and Val do Bibei subzones. Our piece on heroic viticulture describes the work on these slopes, and the Mencía story covers the grape.

Algueira in Doade

Fernando González started in 1979 with a single plot, an overgrown piece of land that belonged to his wife Ana's family. Today Algueira farms around 25 hectares spread over 86 plots. The Algueira Brandán 2024 is pure Godello from slate, fermented with wild yeast in steel tanks and never put in wood. The Algueira Patrimonio 2018 blends Mencía with Sousón and Garnacha, spends ten months in French oak and then several years in bottle in the estate's cellar.

Guímaro in Amandi

In 2001 Pedro Manuel Rodríguez took charge of Adegas Guímaro. Guímaro was his grandfather's nickname; in Galician it means rebel. His eight hectares of vines are topped up with grapes from neighbours. For the Guímaro Finca Capeliños 2022, grapes from vines almost 100 years old are trodden by foot and fermented with wild yeast in wooden vats for 50 days. The Guímaro A Ponte 2022 comes from vines over 60 years old on terraces along the Sil and adds 20 percent Brancellao to the Mencía.

Ronsel do Sil by the river

María José Yravedra and Felipe Somarriba brought the old bodega back into use in 2010 and laid it out so that gravity alone moves the wine through the cellar. They make several old grapes as single-variety wines. The Ronsel do Sil Alpendre 2023 is pure Merenzao from 35-year-old vines on granite at 500 metres. The Ronsel do Sil Al Pie del Cañón 2022 is pure Caiño from vines in Parada de Sil, at 350 to 470 metres. If you buy only one bottle from this region, make it one of these old grapes and leave the Mencía for later.

Outside the DO: Carlos Carballo

Carlos Carballo also has his vines in the region, near A Pobra do Brollón, yet he chooses to work without the DO. That is why his wines are not in this collection. His Viña Aurita Tinto 2022 comes from the A Burata dá Salamanca plot, is Mencía with a little Sousón, spends at least ten months in steel with no wood and came to 946 bottles.

Frequently asked questions

What does heroic viticulture mean?

The term describes winegrowing under particularly hard conditions. The research centre CERVIM counts slopes steeper than 30 percent, sites above 500 metres, terraces and vineyards on small islands. In the Ribeira Sacra several of these come together on many slopes, and terraces with gradients of up to 85 percent are picked by hand.

Where is the Ribeira Sacra?

In southern Galicia, where the Sil and Miño rivers have cut deep gorges into the rock. The DO has five subzones: Amandi, Chantada, Quiroga-Bibei, Ribeiras do Miño and Ribeiras do Sil. Algueira and Guímaro are in the municipality of Sober, Ronsel do Sil down on the Sil opposite Amandi.

Which grapes grow in the Ribeira Sacra?

For reds mainly Mencía, plus old varieties such as Merenzao, Brancellao, Caiño and Sousón. For whites Godello, Treixadura and the rare Dona Branca, of which only about 5,800 kilos are harvested each year across the whole DO. Ronsel do Sil makes many of these grapes as single-variety wines.

Why does Ribeira Sacra wine cost more?

Because almost everything on the steep slopes is done by hand. Grapes are picked into crates of 15 to 20 kilos, and yields stay low, at Ronsel do Sil between 3,500 and 5,500 kilos per hectare depending on the wine. With us, wines from the region start at CHF 18.

What food goes with Ribeira Sacra wine?

Mencía works with lamb, mushrooms and octopus, and pale old varieties such as Merenzao with poultry and mushroom risotto. Godello and Dona Branca go with seafood and white fish. Serve the reds on the cool side, the Alpendre at around 12 to 14 degrees.

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