2021 Adega Saiñas Silente Ribeira Sacra

Ribeira Sacra region in Galicia

95% Mencía & 5% Garnacha Tintorera

A blend of fruit from 7 plots but principally from the Laxes vineyard where clay is present at the top of the hill. All produced in stainless steel vat and aged for 1 year in tank. No whole bunch. Blue damson fruit, sweet spice with a citrus freshness hallmarking the palate. Silken tannins keep the fruit lifted and seamless to the finish.

shows fresh red berries, wild savory spice, and fragrant violet tempered with graphite, and a spice quality Mencia appeals to many. This is a denser style with less floral and more spice and red fruit.

Surrounded by vineyards Javier Fernández González wanted to return to his roots and show that in the lands of the Ribeira Sacra – an area in which the harvest is one of the most complicated to carry out due to its vineyards hanging from the mountains on terraces at a respectable height. the best broths could be made. Saiñas is the result; the fruit of the passion in winemaking, the care of the vineyards themselves, and the careful harvesting and preparation of the musts.

This wine is the result of a group of small plots of property in the town of Espasantes, where the winery is located. Each plot is made separately and the vinification is different to get the maximum potential out of each one of them. A blend of 95% Mencía & 5% Garnacha Tintorera from 20 to 50-year-old vines at an elevation of 340-420 meters. The soils
are predominately sandy loam with a predominance of granite. The percentage of whole clusters varies between 25% and 100%.

In 1992, it was the first time that Javier released a wine under the Saíñas brand, a wine before the establishment of the DO Ribeira Sacra made with Mencía, the native red grape of Galicia. Since then he has been achieving success; He was awarded numerous times both nationally and internationally. Later we created a second brand; Javier Fernández, who has also received several awards.

Our winery is located about 300 meters high in the heart of the Ribeira Sacra in Espasantes (Pantón), on the banks of the Cabe River (a tributary of the Sil) in the subzone of Ribeiras do Miño where the microclimate and the properties of the granitic soils almost sandy, they provide a freshness to Mencía that differentiates it from the standard wines of the Ribeira Sacra.

Biodynamic & organic