Condado do Tea estate in Salvaterra de Miño, part of González Byass; bottles the Lusco Albariño and the more concentrated Pazo Piñeiro from a single old-vine.
Signature wines: lusco-albarino, pazo-pineiro
Address: Grixó, Alxén, 36458 Salvaterra de Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Rías Baixas
16th-century pazo in Salvaterra de Miño (built 1591 by the Pereira de Castro family); acquired 2003 by Bodegas y Viñedos del Marqués de Vargas.
Tasting: Tastings by reservation at the 1591-built pazo, 30 hectares of estate vineyard along the Miño.
Signature wines: pazo-san-mauro-albarino, sanamaro
Historic pazo in Salceda de Caselas at the southern edge of Condado do Tea, combining vineyard, olive grove and kiwi orchard; bottles a single Pegullal Albariño.
Tasting: Guided tours of the pazo grounds (kiwi orchards, olive grove, vineyards) with tastings of the Pegullal Albariño by reservation.
Signature wines: pazo-pegullal-albarino
16th-century pazo in Salvaterra de Miño (built 1591 by the Pereira de Castro family); acquired 2003 by Bodegas y Viñedos del Marqués de Vargas.
Tasting: Tastings by reservation at the 1591-built pazo, 30 hectares of estate vineyard along the Miño.
Signature wines: pazo-san-mauro-albarino, sanamaro
Historic pazo in Salceda de Caselas at the southern edge of Condado do Tea, combining vineyard, olive grove and kiwi orchard; bottles a single Pegullal Albariño.
Tasting: Guided tours of the pazo grounds (kiwi orchards, olive grove, vineyards) with tastings of the Pegullal Albariño by reservation.
Signature wines: pazo-pegullal-albarino
Small family bodega on the Padriñán hillside above Sanxenxo at the southern end of Val do Salnes; bottling since 2000, current facility 2003.
Tasting: Bodega visits with tastings of Eidos de Padriñán, Veigas de Padriñán and Contraaparede; an on-site shop carries the wines and the Licor Eidos liqueurs.
Signature wines: eidos-de-padrinan, veigas-de-padrinan, contraaparede
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
