Dominio do Bibei

In 1995, Javier Domínguez began buying and restoring steep, partly abandoned vineyard terraces in the Bibei valley, a drier part of Ribeira Sacra in Galicia; the first wines were made around 2002, with advice from Sara Pérez and René Barbier from Priorat. The vines grow on slate and granite soils at altitudes of up to around 600 metres and are farmed organically with biodynamic elements. The red wines are made mainly from Mencía with Garnacha, Brancellao and Mouratón, while the white wines come from Godello and Doña Blanca. They are matured in concrete eggs and large old wooden casks rather than stainless steel.