Made from the Garnacha variety within the Valdeorras D.O.

  • Exhibitor: Méndez-Rojo
  • Brand name: Mil Ríos Garnacha Barrica
  • Sector: VINO TINTO CON D.O. CRIANZA
Made from Garnacha grapes harvested by handon 2 October 2019, from plots of old vines withan average age of 64 years, located in Petín, ARúa and Vilamartín de Valdeorras, with amaximum slope of 19%, altitude of up to 405mand slate and clay-ferrous soils. This combinationof characteristics gives rise to a wine withstructure, complexity and elegance. Pre-fermentationmaceration and alcoholic fermentationwere carried out in stainless steel tanks.The wine was racked into 4-year-old 225-litreAmerican oak barrels, where it remained for 105days and, after a slight refinement in the tank, itwas bottled in August 2019.

One family, five appellations. A project united by the rivers that run through Galicia and that trace an imaginary line that connects our vineyards and feeds them. 

 

It all began in 1940, when Manuel Méndez and Maruja Otero opened Casa Penouzos in Chantada (Lugo), a wine shop that was then the trigger for a relationship that would be continued years later by Javier Méndez and Ana María Rojo, parents of Juan Luis Méndez Rojo. In this same line, and as a special tribute to his parents and to his beloved land of origin, a project is started which he names and protects with his own surnames: Méndez-Rojo; a project that reflects the trajectory, the years of experience and the knowledge of the sector, offering excellent brands of Galician wines.  

 

We start from the respect and admiration for the environment, seeking to pay tribute to the land and our people. The only project with wines from the 5 Galician designations of origin.