7 editor-picked Caíño Blanco producers across 1 region.
A guide to Caíño Blanco worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
Large O Rosal producer on the Tui-A Guarda road; the flagship is a three-grape Albariño-Loureiro-Caíño Blanco blend, with La Mar a rare Caíño Blanco-dominant white.
Tasting: Bodega tours and tastings of the flagship Terras Gauda blend, the single-varietal Abadía de San Campio Albariño and the barrel-fermented La Mar with Caíño Blanco. Booking via the producer site.
Signature wines: terras-gauda-blend, abadia-de-san-campio, la-mar-caino-blanco
Santiago Ruiz launched his bodega in 1984, four years before DO Rías Baixas; the O Rosal flagship is a five-variety blend, and the original San Miguel de Tabagón.
Tasting: Guided tours of the historic bodega and the on-site Santiago Ruiz museum in San Miguel de Tabagón, alongside tastings of the eponymous five-grape blend and the Rosa Ruiz Albariño.
Signature wines: santiago-ruiz-o-rosal, rosa-ruiz-albarino
Founded 1997 in O Rosal near the Miño river. Bottles single-varietal Albariño plus the Davila series (M100: Albariño-Loureiro-Treixadura blend.
Tasting: Bodega visits Monday to Friday by reservation, with tastings of the Valmiñor Albariño, the Davila white blends and the Serra da Estrela.
Signature wines: valminor-albarino, davila-l100, davila-m100
O Rosal estate on a 12th-century monastic farm of Santa María de Oia; acquired 1864 by Casimiro Dorado y Méndez. Bottles O Rosal Albariños under the Couselo.
Tasting: Guided visits of the 12th-century monastic estate by reservation, with tastings of the Turonia, Quinta Couselo and Quinta Couselo Selection.
Signature wines: turonia-albarino, quinta-couselo-o-rosal, quinta-couselo-seleccion
Founded 2000 on the Tui-A Guarda road in O Rosal, around 400,000 litres of annual capacity. Bottles Albariño, Loureiro, Caíño Blanco and Treixadur.
Tasting: Tours and tastings by reservation through the HGA Bodegas tourism programme.
Signature wines: tollodouro-o-rosal, pontellon-albarino
18-hectare estate on the banks of the Miño in O Rosal, blending Albariño with native Caíño Blanco and Loureiro; visits walk the vines and finish in the old.
La Rioja Alta's Galician outpost in O Rosal: 99 hectares of estate-owned vineyard in DO Rías Baixas, with tastings of the Albariño monovarietal, Pazo de Seoane.
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