Bodegas O'Ventosela - 2018 ‘Gran Leiriña' Ribeiro Blanco (Treixadura) - Galicia, Spain has flavors of exotic fruits

has flavors of exotic fruits like coconut and pineapple that are among the sweetest of fruits

Sousón (local varieties) and Garnacha (now thought to originate from Sardegna

but Montero also purchases sustainably grown fruit from small farmers in the area

Tinta Sousão and Touriga Franca all make their way into the mix

then aged on the lees for 13 months in old French Barrels and then for 7 months in 4

Bodegas O'Ventosela - 2018 ‘Gran Leiriña' Ribeiro Blanco (Treixadura) - Galicia, Spain has flavors of exotic fruitsFor years weve heard what great values are to be had in Spanish wine, but in the case of Galicia, in far Northwest Spain, that is especially the case. With a cool, coastal climate at the same latitude as Southern Oregon, Ribeiro means stream in Portuguese and the region is covered in them and the alluvial soils that result. In 1980 Juan Miguez Montero tapped into his contacts and know how acquired during his career as a restaurateur and began making