Formigo Blanco 2022

CATA'S NOTES

• View: Bright yellow.

• Nose: Fresh with aromas of caramel, citrus, white flowers and white fruits.

• Mouth: Pleasant, fruity and balanced.

ELABORATION

• Varieties: Palomino (50%) Treixadura, Godello, Torrontes, Loureira, Alvilla, Caiño blanco, Albariño (50%).

• Floor: Evolved granite (sábrego) settled on very hard bedrock with a significant content of stones and gravel that improves the insolation of the clusters.

• Made with the pressed juice of the grapes together with a small percentage of palomino located in small plots of the property.

• Harvest carried out by hand including a selection of clusters on the same vine.

• Transport of the grapes to the winery (5 minutes) in bulk on tractors with loads of less than 1500 kg to maintain the integrity of the grapes.

• At the entrance to the winery, a soft crushing is carried out and it is pressed in a semi-closed pneumatic press.

• Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature.

CURIOSITIES

The Manuel Formigo winery was born as the next generation of the Formigo de la Fuente family, which for generations maintained a close relationship with viticulture and winemaking in the Ribeiro.

After being part of an industrial winery for the last two decades, they have taken a leap in quality.

In 2006 they returned to their origins, beginning to make wines exclusively with grapes from their own vineyards.

Which comprise about 6 hectares of land where you can find almost all the autochthonous varieties of the Ribeiro region.

In the case of white varieties, they work with Treixadura, Godello, Loureira, Caiño Blanco, Torrontés, Albariño, Alvilla do Avia and Palomino

In the case of red varieties, they work with the Caiño longo, Sousón, Brancellao and Alicante Bouschet varieties.