The 2.75 hectares of Falcoeira are for the elderly winegrowers of the place the best vineyard of the area in Valdeorras. When Telmo Rodriguez arrives there, the vineyard did not exist and they had to replant it entirely, reusing the nearly 100 semi-abandoned old terraces that shape this
incredible amphitheater hugging the Bibei river. The effort in the vineyard has been and is immense, all to recover this "Grand Cru."
It is an intense and intense wine
It is an intense and deep wine, just like the place it comes from.
-Zone: Ladeiras do Bibei (Valdeorras)Village: Santa Cruz
-Location: Falcoeira
-Variety: Replanted with spikes from the best plants of our old vineyards of Mencia, Brancellao, Sousón, "Garnacha"...
-Viticulture: Vineyard worked in organic farming. Goblet pruning.
Manual harvest in boxes.
-Elaboration and aging: Autochthonous yeasts. Aging in foudres.
-Soils: Soils developed from granodiorites; acidic and poor, coarse textured, between 400 and 600m altitude, in narrow and steep terraces of
narrow and steep terraces with steep south-facing slopes. characteristics of the vintage
Surely the greatest influence of the 2017 vintage on this wine is marked by the terrible frost we had at the end of April. The lower altitude vineyard, near the Bibei river, made it more vulnerable than any other
made it more vulnerable than any other. This meant that we were able to offer just over 1,000 bottles of such an extraordinarily warm, dry and early vintage, which nevertheless
and early, which nevertheless offers a full, original and forceful wine.
Bottles produced: 1,176
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