Mundín 2021

Grapes: 80% Mencía, with Brancellao, Garnacha Tintorera and other native varieties

Vintage: 2021

Soils: deep granite

Site: plots along the Miño

Climate: Atlantic with continental influences

Vinification: hand-picked from vines over 60 years old, fermented with native yeasts in used French oak barrels, partly as whole bunches

Ageing: 18 months in 3,000-litre French oak casks

At Guímaro, Mundín and San Pedro are made almost the same way; the difference is the river. San Pedro grows on slate by the Sil, Mundín on deep granite by the Miño. The 2021 is deep cherry red, smells of red fruit, spice and herbs, is silky with soft tannins and finishes earthy.

With this wine Pedro honours the colleiteiros, the smallholders who kept Galicia's old varieties alive. Serve at 16 to 18 °C with pasta, white meat, charcuterie or mushrooms; it also copes with some heat.