Santiago Ruiz 2010 is made from Albariño 70%, Loureio 15%, Treixadura 10% and Caiño Blanco and Godello 5%. O Rosal vineyards benefit from more hours of sun and from less rain than the border regions.
Tasting notes: Bright straw colour. On nose, fruity, fresh herbs, balsamic and floral notes. On palate, intense, attractive, delicious and lasting.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 91 points(01/01/2011)
"It offers up a fragrant bouquet of jasmine, nutmeg, lemon and other citrus fruits, and stony minerals. Complex and lengthy on the palate, this nicely proportioned offering will provide enjoyment for several more years."
It´s located in San Miguel de Tabagón (O Rosal). Its vineyard has an extension of 38 hectares with the following grape variety: albariño, loureiro y treixadura. Its production is about 60,000 bottles per year. D.O. Rías Baixas. It is said that the monastery of Cluny in... Armenteria (located in the region O Salnés, Pontevedra) cultivated the grape variety Albariño during the century XII, and its growing spread to the rest of Galicia and the north of Portugal.
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