Rodrigo Méndez O Raio da Vella Blanco

Rodrigo Méndez O Raio da Vella is a monovarietal Albariño white wine from the D.O. Rías Baixas produced by Bodegas y Viñedos Rodrigo Méndez.

Bodegas y Viñedos Rodrigo Méndez is a small winery located in Meaño, Pontevedra. It enjoys the collaboration of the famous winemaker Raúl Pérez. It works with stainless tanks and 600 and 225 litre barrels. The winery makes very few bottles a year, following traditional methods and techniques.

Rodrigo Méndez O Raio da Vella is harvested manually into15kg boxes, and comes from young vineyards. Once in the winery, the grapes are pressed and the must is fermented with native yeasts in a 1,500 litre oak foudre. In this same foudre it ends up undergoing 12 months of ageing. Rodrigo Méndez produces only 1,800 bottles of this wine.

Rodrigo Méndez O Raio da Vella is a monovarietal Albariño wine in which the strength and intensity of the grapes from young vines have been polished by being aged for 12 months in foudre.