spanish wines - Forjas del Salnés

A very pure Albariño, made from old vines (50 year-old) on granite-sand sols, juste above sea level. Production: only 1,000 bottles.

One of our best Albariños, made from the grapes of a 180 year-old pre-phylloxeric vine . Impressive wine. Production: 4.000 bottles only.

Small side project from Rodri Méndez of Forjas del Salnés. This wine comes from 105-year-old vines planted in pergola. 3 small plots: 1 granite, 1 sandy, 1 limestone.

A small side projet by Rodri Méndez of Forjas de Salnés. The wine comes from 70 year old Albariño vines planted on granite and sand.

Rodri Méndez is one of the best producers of Albariño wines in Galicia. Leirana is his entry level wine, but also the perfect illustration of his style: non frills, crisp, and sharp. Rodri mainly works with older vines, and those are put into good use, in this wine as well as in his top range (the Goliardo line).

This wine was made for the first time in 2017. It is unique, as Rodri is the only one to make a single vineyard wine won this exceptional terroir: a 100 year-old vine planted on 3 metres of sans, 50 metres from the seaside at Arra, in Montalvo-Sanxenxo. Unique indeed.

This is only the second vintage of this cuvée since 2005.