Made with grapes that come exclusively from this estate situated on the slopes of Castle Monterrei.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 92 points(01/06/2009)
The 2006 Gorvia Blanco is 100% Dona Blanca, an grape indigenous to the region. It was aged for eight months in seasoned 500-liter French oak. Light straw-colored, it delivers an alluring nose of mineral, mango, pineapple, and spring flowers that jumps from the glass. Viscous, full-flavored, and intense, this stunning effort may well evolve but, of course, it has no track record.
Quinta da Muradella is where star vigneron Raul Perez makes his A Trabe wines. Grapes from this vineyard were once used to make Grappa but now serve a more noble purpose. A mere 1.2 hectares in size, the vineyard is now biodynamically farmed.
Pairing: Fish Stew, Omelets, Pasta, Soups and Creams.
Quinta da Muradella is a project of José Luis Mateo born in 1991 in order to recover the wine-growing traditions of the zone, and since the year 2000 with the invaluable collaboration of star winemaker Raul Perez.
The winery owns a total area of 14 hectares of vineyards, spread over... different places in terms of Monterrei Pazos, Tamaguelos and Vilardevós.
The region of Monterrei is located in the southern province of Ourense (Galicia), and forms a valley that opens along the Tamega river, which crosses from north to south. This Galician hinterland has intermediate characteristics between those parts of Atlantic and continental climate, being a combination of wetlands in extreme temperatures.
The new estates have been planted with material from a mass selection collected from the oldest vineyards where they have identified varieties almost disappeared as the zamarrica, the bastard or Monterrei monstrous. They also have an area where they are testing with Portuguese varieties and other sources.
All the grapes come from the estates (owned or leased) that allows the working conditions are adapted to different brands by vintage. Varieties are developed separately from the estates, depends of the vintage they using of steel, wood or combination of both, triying to respect for the identity, authenticity and features of the plots or manipulated varieties. It does not follow a fixed rule as to stays in wood, bottled or tank but this will be marked by the development and monitoring of wine. We let the source, the vintage and the wines imposing their way of being, taking part as little as possible and trying to interpret what they express in every moment.
The wines are produced in a small cellar with capacity for 75,000 bottles, being bottled, corked by hand and even some items also labeled by hand.
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