Santiago Ruiz, `O Rosal` Rías Baixas Albariño 6 Bottle Case 75cl

The Ruiz family has been making wines in Galicia since the 1860s.
Ángel Ruiz, Santiago’s grandfather, was one of the first people to
produce and bottle wines in the region. Santiago then picked up
the baton and continued the pioneering spirit of his grandfather
by installing the first ever stainless-steel tanks in Rías Baixas. Such
was his contribution to the development of modern winemaking in
the region that a street in San Miguel de Tabagón bears his name.
The new winery, built in 2007, is fully equipped with state-of-the art
winemaking technology and head winemaker Luisa Freire, an
expert in aromatic varieties, makes clean and expressive white
wines that reflect the unique sense of place of O Rosal.
VINEYARDS

O Rosal is the most southerly sub-region of the Rías Baixas, situated
on the north bank of the river Miño, which marks the border with
Portugal's Vinho Verde. Here the vineyards benefit from cooling
Atlantic breezes and the moderating influence and increased
airflow from the river. The sustainably-farmed Santiago Ruiz
vineyards in Tomiño cover 38 hectares and are planted with
Albariño, Loureiro, Caíño Blanco, Treixadura and Godello.
Loureiro, a variety prized for its aromatic flavour profile, performs
particularly well here and wines labelled ‘O Rosal’ must include
this grape in the blend, something which distinguishes them from
the majority of Rías Baixas wines which are 100% Albariño. Soils in O
Rosal are predominantly sandy over a granite bedrock, this
translates into wines with an aromatic richness combined with a
characteristic wet stone minerality.