Vina Mein Ribeiro 2015

Since 1988, the Vina Mein and Emilio Rojo estates have strived to express the origin and terroir of one of the more prolific winemaking areas in Spain – The Avia Valley – whose viticulture heritage dates back to the 11th Century when the San Clodio Monastery transformed the area into the heart of wine production in Ribeiro.

These wineries are committed to continuing that legacy in their focus to revitalize this once-forgotten, ancestral wine region through bottling the emotion of its landscape and the richness of its native varieties: Treixadura, Godello, Albarino, Loureira, Torrontes and Lado.

In 2019, these iconic wineries joined the Alma Carraovejas family as a means of further preserving this viticulture heritage and promoting the undiscovered potential of authentic Ribeiro wines. Vina Mein is now made under the supervision of renowned enologist, Laura Montero, while Emilio Rojo continues to lead the charge of his emblematic white wine.

The Avia Valley's landscape is defined by granite bedrock, thermal hot springs and historical, terraced vineyards that line the valley hillsides and riverbanks. The local soil is known as "Sabrego," a Galician word for this specific type of soil comprised of a decomposed granite base mixed with clay and sand. It's this region's "Sabrego" soil and its vineyards' varying slopes, aspects, altitudes and microclimates that give the Avia Valley such a unique identity.