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Rías Baixas · Spain
Toni Alonso makes two white wines, just a few hundred bottles a year. His Quinquenio grows at 280 metres among shards of granite and spends five winters in the cellar before it goes on sale.
3 White wines. From CHF 29.00.
Albariño
CHF 49.00
Albariño
CHF 45.00
Albariño
CHF 29.00
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Origin
Veigamoura is in Arbo, in the Condado do Tea sub-zone of the D.O. Rías Baixas. The vines grow at 280 metres on a south-west facing slope that looks out over the Miño and Deva rivers towards the mountains of the Peneda-Gerês natural park in Portugal. The first vintage of Veigamoura was 2012.
The people
Toni Alonso calls himself an interpreter of his vineyard. His motto is in Galician: «Froito do amor e respecto pola terra», fruit of love and respect for the land. He makes only Albariño, in small quantities. For Tríopo he works with Pablo Juncal and Pablo Sáa.
Philosophy
With Toni, the Albariño stays on its fine lees for a long time before it goes on sale.
Veigamoura matures on the lees in steel and is not filtered. Toni only makes Quinquenio in years when everything comes together: the 2018 spent five years on its fine lees and was bottled in 2023.
Three Albariños
The Veigamoura 2024 comes young from the steel tank. The Tríopo 2021 stays in the cellar until it is ready, and the Quinquenio 2018 spent five years on the fine lees before bottling.
Albariño
CHF 29.00
Albariño
CHF 45.00
Albariño
CHF 49.00
Terroir
Granite. The soil on the slope is shallow and poor, full of granite chips and slabs. All that granite evens out swings in temperature but makes the vineyard work hard.
Only Albariño, trained on pergolas in the Galician tradition. The vines for Veigamoura are over 25 years old, those for Quinquenio over 30.
Atlantic, mild and humid, with regular rain. On the pergola the grapes hang high above the damp ground and ripen evenly. In winter the peaks opposite in Portugal are often covered in snow.
In the cellar
Toni picks by hand into small crates and presses gently, whole bunches for Quinquenio. The must ferments spontaneously with the yeasts from the vineyard. Then every wine stays on its fine lees: Veigamoura in steel, Tríopo with regular stirring for as long as Toni thinks it needs, Quinquenio for five years.
Our pick from Toni is the Quinquenio 2018. Dried apricot, honey and herbs on the nose, stone fruit, almond and salt on the palate. Pour it at 10 to 12 degrees, no colder, and use a large glass. Mature cheese and fish go well with it.
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Because of the Atlantic. In the Rías Baixas the climate is mild, it rains regularly and the air is humid. On a pergola the grapes are better protected from the damp and ripen evenly. The granite soils give the wines freshness and minerality, and the sea breeze from the nearby coast adds to it. That is where the salty edge in the glass comes from.
Veigamoura is in the Condado do Tea subzone of the D.O. Rías Baixas, in Galicia in north-west Spain. The wines are made by Toni Alonso, in very small quantities. His motto is in Galician: “Froito do amor e respecto pola terra”, fruit of love and respect for the land. For us his wines are among the best Albariños of the Rías Baixas.
No. Veigamoura makes white wine only, and only from Albariño. In our shop you will find three: the Veigamoura, young from the steel tank; the Tríopo Barrica, which stays in the cellar until it is ready; and the Quinquenio, which spends five years on the fine lees. Toni makes the Tríopo together with Pablo Juncal and Pablo Sáa.
The grapes come from vines more than 25 years old, trained on pergolas over granite. Picking is by hand into small crates. After gentle pressing, the juice ferments spontaneously with native yeasts, then the wine ages on the fine lees in steel tanks and is not filtered. In the glass lime, grapefruit and white flowers, with a salty finish. At 10 to 12 °C it goes with seafood, grilled fish and sushi. It costs CHF 29.
The Quinquenio is only made in outstanding years, when all conditions are right. The grapes come from vines more than 30 years old. The 2018 spent five years on the fine lees in steel tanks and was bottled in 2023. It smells of dried apricot, honey and herbs; on the palate stone fruit, almond and salt. Serve it with aged cheese or fish, CHF 49.
A joint wine by Pablo Juncal, Pablo Sáa and Toni Alonso. The Albariño grows at 280 metres on slopes with shallow, poor soils and many granite slabs, which makes the work hard. It ferments with native yeasts, ages on the fine lees, which are stirred regularly, and only goes on sale once it is ready. In the glass it is creamy, with butter and brioche, ripe citrus and white stone fruit. The 2021 costs CHF 45.
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