Founded 1987 by Eladio Piñeiro, acquired by Zamora Company in 2002. Best known for the thermochromic blue-label Albariño plus the single-vineyard Finca Valiñas.
Signature wines: mar-de-frades-albarino, mar-de-frades-finca-valinas, mar-de-frades-brut-nature
Address: Finca Valiñas, Lugar de Arosa, 36637 Meis, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Rías Baixas
Galician outpost of the Marqués de Murrieta (Rioja) family; the pazo dates from 1511, commercial Albariño bottling from 1991, with La Comtesse the aged flagship.
Tasting: Guided visits of the 1511-built pazo and its 12-hectare vineyard, with tastings of Pazo Barrantes and the La Comtesse aged Albariño from the Cacheiro plot.
Signature wines: pazo-barrantes-albarino, pazo-barrantes-la-comtesse
Galician outpost of the Marqués de Murrieta (Rioja) family; the pazo dates from 1511, commercial Albariño bottling from 1991, with La Comtesse the aged flagship.
Tasting: Guided visits of the 1511-built pazo and its 12-hectare vineyard, with tastings of Pazo Barrantes and the La Comtesse aged Albariño from the Cacheiro plot.
Signature wines: pazo-barrantes-albarino, pazo-barrantes-la-comtesse
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
Galician outpost of Grupo La Rioja Alta, acquired 1988 from the Fernández Cervera family; one of the larger contiguous Albariño vineyards in O Rosal, widely.
Tasting: Guided visits of the O Rosal estate by reservation, with tastings of the Lagar de Cervera and Pazo de Seoane wines.
Signature wines: lagar-de-cervera-albarino, pazo-de-seoane
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
