Small family bodega on the Padriñán hillside above Sanxenxo at the southern end of Val do Salnes; bottling since 2000, current facility 2003.
Signature wines: eidos-de-padrinan, veigas-de-padrinan, contraaparede
Address: Padriñán 65, 36960 Sanxenxo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Rías Baixas
Founded 1981 in Puxafeita, Ribadumia by Domingo Martin-Morales; now run by his daughter Angela Martin, who has modernised the bodega and expanded the Castro.
Tasting: Cellar visits by reservation with tastings of the Castro Martin, Casal Caeiro and A2O bottlings.
Signature wines: castro-martin-albarino, casal-caeiro, castro-martin-a2o
Family bodega in Castrelo on the south side of Cambados, with vineyards directly behind the cellar door; the Sobre Lías is a lees-aged Albariño one tier above.
Tasting: Family-run cellar door in Castrelo with tastings, oyster pairings and a vineyard walk in the parral pergolas behind the bodega.
Signature wines: lagar-de-costa-albarino, lagar-de-costa-sobre-lias
Family bodega in Dena, Meaño, producing the Segrel and Eiral Albariños; the Segrel Ámbar is a more concentrated lees-aged bottling and the everyday Segrel.
Tasting: Bodega visits Monday to Friday by reservation, with tastings of the Segrel, Segrel Ámbar and Eiral Albariños.
Signature wines: segrel-albarino, segrel-ambar, eiral
Founded 2013 in Simes, Meaño in Val do Salnes; part of the Freixenet-Henkell portfolio. Fresh fruit-forward Albariño aimed at international restaurant lists.
Tasting: Cellar visits at the Meaño bodega by reservation, with tastings of the Vionta Albariño and Sobre Lías cuvées.
Signature wines: vionta-albarino, vionta-sobre-lias
Xurxo Alba returned to family vineyards in Castrelo, Cambados in 2006 and built a small natural-leaning project across roughly three ha near the Río Umi.
Tasting: Small-group tastings by appointment with Xurxo Alba in Castrelo, focused on the entry Albamar, the single-vineyard Pepe Luis and the heritage Salnes reds.
Signature wines: albamar-albarino, albamar-pepe-luis, albamar-fusco
Alberto Nanclares built a 5-ha Salnes project from the late 1990s across parral-trained parcels in Padrenda, Castrelo and Vilariño; Silvia Prieto full partner.
Tasting: Small-group tastings at the Padrenda bodega by appointment; visits often include walks among the parral-trained plots in Castrelo and Vilariño.
Signature wines: alberto-nanclares-albarino, nanclares-y-prieto-dandelion, nanclares-y-prieto-soverribas
Founded 1981 in Puxafeita, Ribadumia by Domingo Martin-Morales; now run by his daughter Angela Martin, who has modernised the bodega and expanded the Castro.
Tasting: Cellar visits by reservation with tastings of the Castro Martin, Casal Caeiro and A2O bottlings.
Signature wines: castro-martin-albarino, casal-caeiro, castro-martin-a2o
Family bodega in Castrelo on the south side of Cambados, with vineyards directly behind the cellar door; the Sobre Lías is a lees-aged Albariño one tier above.
Tasting: Family-run cellar door in Castrelo with tastings, oyster pairings and a vineyard walk in the parral pergolas behind the bodega.
Signature wines: lagar-de-costa-albarino, lagar-de-costa-sobre-lias
Family bodega in Dena, Meaño, producing the Segrel and Eiral Albariños; the Segrel Ámbar is a more concentrated lees-aged bottling and the everyday Segrel.
Tasting: Bodega visits Monday to Friday by reservation, with tastings of the Segrel, Segrel Ámbar and Eiral Albariños.
Signature wines: segrel-albarino, segrel-ambar, eiral
Founded 2013 in Simes, Meaño in Val do Salnes; part of the Freixenet-Henkell portfolio. Fresh fruit-forward Albariño aimed at international restaurant lists.
Tasting: Cellar visits at the Meaño bodega by reservation, with tastings of the Vionta Albariño and Sobre Lías cuvées.
Signature wines: vionta-albarino, vionta-sobre-lias
Xurxo Alba returned to family vineyards in Castrelo, Cambados in 2006 and built a small natural-leaning project across roughly three ha near the Río Umi.
Tasting: Small-group tastings by appointment with Xurxo Alba in Castrelo, focused on the entry Albamar, the single-vineyard Pepe Luis and the heritage Salnes reds.
Signature wines: albamar-albarino, albamar-pepe-luis, albamar-fusco
Alberto Nanclares built a 5-ha Salnes project from the late 1990s across parral-trained parcels in Padrenda, Castrelo and Vilariño; Silvia Prieto full partner.
Tasting: Small-group tastings at the Padrenda bodega by appointment; visits often include walks among the parral-trained plots in Castrelo and Vilariño.
Signature wines: alberto-nanclares-albarino, nanclares-y-prieto-dandelion, nanclares-y-prieto-soverribas
