Made with the Godello variety within the Valdeorras D.O. with reduced production.

• Exhibitor: Méndez-Rojo
• Brand name: Mil Ríos Barrica Godello
• Sector: VINO BLANCO CON DOP CON CRIANZA
• Innovation Area

Made from grapes of the Godello variety,harvested by hand in the first and last week of September, in vineyards with an averageage of 17 years, a maximum altitude of 631m,slopes up to 24% and mostly clay-ferrous andslate soils, a diversity of terroirs that is reflectedin the complexity, structure and elegance of thiswine. The free-run must was kept at a very lowtemperature, between three and seven days withcontinuous battônage, thus enriching itsorganoleptic characteristics, and then fermentedvery slowly in 500-liter French oak barrels.The wine remained in barrels for 10 months, aquarter of this period with lees stirring, and wassubsequently refined in tanks for six months,achieving the balance of the properties providedby the wood and the varietal character.

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.