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Gaba do Xil Mencía

VARIETALS
Old vineyard massale selection Godello (primarily), Doña Blanca, Treixadura

NOTES
A single 16ha estate vineyard located at 400-500m in altitude, near the town of Larouco, which lies south of the Sil River with an Atlantic influence due to its location in a valley that forms an outlet to the sea. It was fermented in Lugar de Valbuxán, an old, historic pazo and winery in O Bolo county that was renovated and brought back to life. With the restoration of Valbuxán, the wines of Ladeiras do Xil are now being made in the terruño of their historic homeland.
Farmed organically, employing ancestral farming methods: low intervention in a polyculture setting. Soils are red slate and clay.

VINIFICATION: Whole bunches are hand-harvested in small boxes, with a meticulous selection made in the vineyard. The bunches are gently pressed and the wine undergoes a spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in temperature stainless steel tanks. Post fermentation, the wine is racked into stainless steel tanks, where it is then aged for four months on its fine lees without bâtonnage. The wine is not filtered, but it is gently fined with isinglass. No malolactic fermentation.