Eulogio Pomares Castiñeiro Espadeir is a barrel aged monovarietal of the native variety Espadeiro produced by the Galician winemaker
Eulogio Pomares in Ribadumia, Pontevedra.
The vineyard producing
Eulogio Pomares Castiñeiro Espadeirois about 40 years old, is located in the Salnés Valley and belongs to the D.O. Rías Baixas. Its soils are alluvial and rich in organic matter, and stand on a bedrock of granite origin.
To produce
Eulogio Pomares Castiñeiro Espadeiro the grapes are destemmed and fermented in open oak barrels. During the fermentation daily pigeage is performed so that the wine is more in contact with the skins and more colour and aromatic compounds are extracted. Once the fermentation is finished, a post-fermentation maceration of about 2 weeks is performed to extract more compounds from the skins and to enable the wine to be subjected to a prolonged barrel ageing. Lastly, it is aged in French oak barrels that are used to ensure they do not contribute so many aromas of wood to the wine. The wine
Eulogio Pomares Castiñeiro Espadeiro is bottled without clarifying or filtering, something that may cause some deposit or sediment to appear in the glass.
Eulogio Pomares Castiñeiro Espadeiro is a fresh wine, an expression of the Rías Baixas reds and the cultivation practices and processing techniques used in their preparation.
Its production is very limited, with only some 1,300 bottles being produced.