Tasting Note - LG 93+ points

The one white here was produced with grapes from different old vineyards in different parishes of the village of Manzaneda (Soutipedre, Seoane, Langullo) within the Val do Bibei and is a blend of approximately 50% Godello, 25% Dona Branca and the remaining 25% a mixture of varieties, including Treixadura, Colgadeira and Palomino, etc. The current release is the 2018 Conasbrancas, from a very cold and rainy vintage, when they fermented 70% of the grapes with full clusters in plastic bins and the rest pressed and fermented in barrique. The wine matured in used 300- and 500-liter oak barrels for seven months with the lees but without bç’½tonnage. It has a characterful nose, with no oak whatsoever, very floral, with intense notes of pollen. The palate is terribly balanced, with pungent flavors and integrated acidity, effervescent and sharp, with a salty finish. The effect of the skins is quite subtle, and there's no visible color or tannin. Perhaps it has been polished by the time in oak. It has good depth and is quite complete. A fresher, more complete version of 2016? 5,000 bottles were filled in August 2019.

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We make round 4000 bottles. The same Bibei vineyards as Lomba dos Ares but the with varietals mainly Dona Branca, Godello y Colgadeira among others. Cooler vineyards are pressed directly after sorting aprox. 40% and rest 60% is fermented whole brunch with aprox. 45 days maceration. 8 months ageing in French old 500 litre oak barrels.