Bodegas Granbazán ★ 4.7
Blue-tiled French-style château in the Finca Tremoedo at Vilanova de Arousa, founded 1981; tasting flights cover Etiqueta Verde, Ámbar and Don Álvaro de Bazán.
Marisol Bueno's 16th-century pazo at Meis: 20 hectares of estate Albariño, pioneer of long lees-ageing for Selección de Añada, plus a small distillery.
Address: Vilanoviña s/n, 36616 Meis, Pontevedra, Spain, Rías Baixas
Blue-tiled French-style château in the Finca Tremoedo at Vilanova de Arousa, founded 1981; tasting flights cover Etiqueta Verde, Ámbar and Don Álvaro de Bazán.
15th-century pazo on a 22-hectare single estate, restored by Condes de Albarei in 2008; tours walk the manor, dovecote, granary and old wine cellar.
Zamora Company estate in the Salnés, founded 1987; tours overlook the Ría de Arousa and finish with the iconic blue-bottle Albariño whose thermosensitive label.
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.
International Garden of Excellence with 4,500 camellias of 800 varieties wrapped around 25 hectares of Albariño at Vilagarcía; tastings of Pazo de Rubianes.
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.