GALICIAN WINES 2009

THE HAGUE

19th OCTOBER 2009

LIST OF WINERIES

1. BODEGAS CASAL DE ARMAN, S. L. (D. O. RIBEIRO)

2. LAGAR DE FORNELOS, S. A. ( D. O. RÍAS BAIXAS)

3. MARÍA ÁLVAREZ SERRAO, “ COTO DE GOMARIZ” (D. O. RIBEIRO)

4. PAZO CASANOVA, S. L. (D. O. RIBEIRO)

5. PRODUCCIONES AMODIÑO, S. L. (D. O. RIBEIRO)

6. BODEGAS VALDESIL, S. L. (D. O. VALDEORRAS)

7. VIRXEN DE GALIR, S. A. T. (D. O. VALDEORRAS)

8. VITIVINICOLA DEL RIBEIRO (D. O. RIBEIRO)

Bodegas Casal de Arman, S.L. belongs to Denomination Of Origen: “D.O. Ribeiro”. Casal de Arman is sited in Avia Valley in the most ancient production place in Ribeiro.

Gonzalez Vazquez brothers belong to a long saga of vintners from Ribeiro. They cultivate 17 hectares of vineyard where TREIXADURA is the main variety of grape, but with other local varieties like Godello, albariño, torrontés, Loureira, lado… They work spectacularly with lees and wood, creating new brands complementing a range of wines of a very high level.

The main aim for Casal de Arman is the work in the vineyard, trying to respect the identity of each “terroir” and variety. They continually experiment with new techniques of working but always keeping in common the same guarantees of quality. The little rural hotel and the restaurant is located in a beautiful sightsee place open all year to offer wine-tourism ready to meet the best of Ribeiro.

Casal De Arman S.L. belongs to the Association Ribeiros do Avia. Ribeiros do Avia is an association of wine producers. The idea came from a group of winemakers with an involvement in the sector of quality wines that come from detecting a few years ago and the need to create a quality image for the wines of Ribeiro. Casal de Arman, Coto de Gomariz, SanClodio, Viña Mein and Vilerma share a common philosophy: local grape, varieties adapted to the Valley of Avia, familiar Winery, viniculture team that respects the soil and plant and traditional and new technologies come together respecting the identity of the wines.

This has allowed them to produce very attractive wines, where, despite very similar processes of development, geographical location and close using the same grape varieties, are very different from each other and always surprising while gaining adherents and indifferent.

Casal de Arman 2008

Varietal Breakdown: Treixadura (85%), Godello, albariño, Loureira y torrontés. 13% Vol Grape Origin: from the 17 owned for the winery. Soils: Granitic Origen. Orography: Terraces and smooth slopes. Preparation: selection of grape in vineyard. Transport is made in small cases. Keep at low temperature the whole process from reception to wine. Before fermentation the wine is racked al lest monthly trying to make a natural filtering process until bottling in June. Taste notes: complex and structured wine. Grassy, notes of white flowers, peach, green apple. In mouth is fat and lingering.

Arman Barrica 2007

Varietal Breakdown: Treixadura 90%, albariño and Godello 13,5% vol Grape Origin: Selection of grapes from vineyards more than 20 years old.Orientation south-east over Avia Valley. Just some lines of vines chosen. Soils: Granitic Origen and slate. Orography: Terraces and smooth slopes. Preparation: Maceration in press. Fermented in 500 l french oak barrels and rest with lees for 6 months. Four months in tanks before bottling. Taste notes: Treixadura gives its all expression with notes of hay, forest, apple cream. It is a fleshy wine with a long end.

Company: Casal de Arman, S.L. Address: Lugar O Cotiño s/n, San Andrés de Camporredondo, 32400 Ribadavia- Ourense. Spain Contact: Inmaculada Pazos / Juan Luis González Vázquez Phone: +34988488741, celular : Inma Pazos (+34695220256), Juan Luis (+34699060464), Fax: +34988488741 e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

web: www.casaldearman.net

Lagar De Fornelos, S.A. acogida a la denominación de Origen “Rias Baixas”; is placed in O Rosal , Pontevedra. In 1988, La Rioja Alta, _S.A. was looking for somewhere to branch out into new wine-making fields in Galicia. It acquired a majority interest in the business, and soon was able to buy the entire company, changing the name to Lagar de Fornelos, S.A. This is a small but welcoming winery. It has the capacity to process 700,000 kilos of grapes, equivalent to 450,000 bottles per year, 50% of which are exported to the United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and other countries such as Japan and Venezuela. Located in the village of Fornelos; its pink ivy-covered façade can be seen from the road.

The cosiest corner is the dining-tasting room in the old part of the house, with an impressive old stone and wooden wine press. The river Tamuxe flows by the rear of the house and summer days are enhanced by cries of the local children who come to bathe. There are ducks, trout and minks.

The ancient stone wine symbolises this winery, an example of the hard work and suffering involved in making wine in the past. Fortunately, now it is a museum piece. But its likeness can be found on our labels and engraved on the bottles.

Lagar de Cervera 2008 This is a bright, pale yellow, young wine. Its bouquet is typical of the albariño variety, reminiscent of citric and pitted fruits. Fresh, balanced and well-structured to the palate. It is best served at 10º - 12º C.

Company: Lagar de Fornelos, S.A. (Grupo La Rioja Alta, S.A.) Address: Barrio Cruces, s/n – Fornelos, 36778 O Rosal Pontevedra (SPAIN) Contact: Silvia Garrido Phone: 608 790 938 Fax: 941-312854 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.riojalta.com

Coto de Gomariz belongs to Denomination of Origen Ribeiro. In 1978, Caco Carreiro, he was the father of the actual owner, started the recovery of the local varieties on the hillside of the oldest vineyard region in Spain, called Coto de Gomariz.

Gomariz is sited in Avia Valley, called for someone like the “Galician Pomerol”. In 2001, on the same hillside where pre-Romanic Cistercian abbey of Gomariz is located, they built one of the most modern and advantage Galician wineries accumulating technology and traditional architecture in the same environment.

They have recently been engaged in the complex world of biodynamic to apply this philosophy throughout the project. They thoughts in terroir like the point of departure for making their special and different wines.

Coto de Gomariz belongs to the Association Ribeiros do Avia. Ribeiros do Avia is an association of wine producers. The idea came from a group of winemakers with an involvement in the sector of quality wines that come from detecting a few years ago and the need to create a quality image for the wines of Ribeiro. Casal de Arman, Coto de Gomariz, SanClodio, Viña Mein and Vilerma share a common philosophy:

9 Local grape varieties adapted to the Valley of Avia. 9 Familiar Winery. 9 Viniculture team that respects the soil and plant. 9 Traditional and new technologies come together respecting the identity of the wines.

This has allowed them to produce very attractive wines, where, despite very similar processes of development, geographical location and close using the same grape varieties, are very different from each other and always surprising while gaining adherents and indifferent.

Coto de Gomariz 2008. White wine

Varietal Breakdown: Treixadura (80%), Godello, albariño and Loureira 13% Vol Grape Origin: from the 27 owned for the winery. Soils: Granitic, clay and shale. Orography: Terraces and smooth slopes. Preparation: selection of grape in vineyard. Transport in small cases. Keep at low temperature the whole process between reception to wine. Hand harvest in 18 Kg boxes and table selection. Destemming and selection of crushed grape bunds. Static clearing and fermentation at controlled temperature. Tuned in deposit until May and at least a month in botlle.

Abadia de Gomariz 2007. Red Wine

Grape Origin: Own vineyards Soils: Granitic sands, clay and schists Orography: Terraces (Socalcos) and smooth slopes Region. D.O. Avia River Valley – D.O.C. Ribeiro Varietal Breakdown: Sousón, brancellao, caiño longo and mencia Elaboration: Rests for 12 months in second use French and American oak barrels % VOL 13

Coto de Gomariz, colleita seleccionada 2007. White wine

Grape Origin: Just from the most ancient vineyards 30 years old or more Soils: clay Orography: Terraces (Socalcos) and smooth slopes Region. D.O. Avia River Valley – D.O.C. Ribeiro Varietal Breakdown Treixadura almost, lado, godello, loureira Preparation: Fermented and reared in new 500 litres barrels on lees type French Burgundy oak. One year resting in tanks before bottling. It rested in bottle until June 2009.

Gomariz X 2008. White wine.

Grape Origin: wine from one single parcel. Soils: schists Orography: Terraces (Socalcos) Region. D.O. Avia River Valley – D.O.C. Ribeiro Varietal Breakdown: Albariño (95%) and treixadura (5%) Preparation: Grape selection in field. Harvest by hand on 18 kg boxes and table selection. Destemming, and selection of crushed grape buds. Static clearing and fermentation at controlled temperatures. Tuned in deposit until April, and always at least a month in bottle. % VOL 13

VX Cuvee Caco 2006. Red wine

Grape Origin: A Ferreira and As Canceliñas parcels Soils: schists with clay Orography: Terraces (Socalcos) and smooth slopes Region. D.O.: Avia River Valley Varietal Breakdown: Sousón and Caiño longo, caiño da terra, carabuñeira and mencia Preparation: Barrel fermentation in new French and American oak barrels. Rest in barrel for 20 months. % VOL 14

Company: Maria Alvarez Serrano, (Coto de Gomariz) Address: Barro de Gomariz 32429 Leiro Ourense (SPAIN) Contact: Ricardo Carreiro/ Inmaculada Pazos Garcia Winery: (+34) 671 64 19 82 Management: (+34) 607 20 32 77 Exportation: (+34) 695 220 256 (Inma Pazos) Fax: (+34) 988 488 174 Phone and Fax (Export): +34 988 488 741 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] (Inma Pazos) Web: www.cotodegomariz.com

PAZO CASANOVA,A belongs to the denomination of origin Ribeiro, is located in Ourense, Galicia, Spain.

HISTORY Several generations of an old family devoted to grapevine cultivation represent the deep, overflowing- with-wisdom roots that today support wines “Casanova” and “Casanova Máxima”. This “savoir faire” of centuries was formalised in year 2000 when a family company was established by Carlos de la Peña, the definitive promoter of winery Pazo Casanova.

VINEYARDS AND WINERY The ten hectares of vineyards facing the west are protected by the walls of Pazo Casanova (18th century). Over its high hills, varieties Treixadura, Godello, Albariño and Loureira, the essence of the winery’s wines sprout with strength and brightness.

The traditional method and the strict elaboration with a grape that is 100% Pazo Casanova’s are combined with new technologies and an Integrated Production, using natural techniques that fully care the vineyard, the environment and the consumer’s health. All the above makes Pazo Casanova’s wines be a reference for DO Ribeiro due to their quality and their commitment to the environment.

PRODUCTS Our range of products outstands for quality. The wines are listed under two references: “Casanova” and “Casanova Máxima”, which the constant awards received in professional contest have made them become leader labels within D.O. Ribeiro. Based on our excellent wines, we have extended our range with four varieties of liquor, which provide the winery with personality and diversity (Coffee liquor, Herbal liquor, White liquor and Cream liquor).

WINE BLANCAMAR

Type: White Vintage: 2008 Alcohol content: 13% vol. Production: 6000 bottles Varieties of grapes: mixture of local varieties Tasting report: Limpid and shining, color pale yellow-pajizo with greenish reflections. Intense, complex aroma with fruit notes, on a noticeable floral bottom. On the palate: flavorful, fresh, excellent acidity and long and intense post-taste.

WINE CASANOVA

Type: White Vintage: 2008 Alcohol content: 13% vol. Production: 25000 bottles Varieties of grapes: 80% Treixadura, 20% coupage of Godello, Albariño and Loureira. Elaboration: Grape from integrated production plots. Excellent ripeness harvest. Grapes chosen at the vineyard and the winery. Tasting report: Clean and bright, greenish yellow. Intense notes of white fruits, flowers, touches of fresh grass, boxwood. On the palate: fresh, tasty, complex, balanced, persistent, excellent acidity and long and intense aftertaste.

WINE Casanova MÁXIMA

Type: White Vintage: 2008 Alcohol content: 12,5% vol. Production: 1500 bottles Varieties of grapes: 60% Treixadura, 40% Godello. Elaboration: Extremely cared at the vineyard. Vines of more than 20 years old, suitable orientation on decaying granite ground. Perfect ripeness and optimal alcoholic grade. Elaborated with grapes chosen in integrated production plots. Free run juice, five months lees. Tasting report: Bright yellow. Very intense aroma, rape fruit (peach), strong tropical (lychee, mango), floral. On the palate: tasty, glyceric, mineral, Wide, unctuous, balanced acidity, great persistence and delicacy.

Company: PAZO CASANOVA, S.L. Address: CAMIÑO SOUTO DO RÍO, 1 SANTA CRUZ DE ARRABALDO Ourense (SPAIN) Contact: LUIS CARLOS DE LA PEÑA Phone: +34 988 384 196 Fax: +34 988 384 196 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.pazocasanova.com

Producciones Amodiño. Its wine, “Sanclodio” is a white wine from Ribeiro Denomination of Origen. The filmmaker Jose Luis Cuerda boarded the complex world of wine in the late 90's. Cuerda is from La Mancha (Albacete) of birth, but Galician about heart and always loving the challenges that are "achievable and with a guarantee of success".

He was able to acquire a property from the s.XV in Leiro, not without difficulty, and 6 acres were planted on three farms. In 2005 released the first harvest. SANCLODIO is the name of the wine in honor of the Monastery "guilty" of wine from this area.

Producciones Amodiño belongs to the Association Ribeiros do Avia. Ribeiros do Avia is an association of wine producers. The idea came from a group of winemakers with an involvement in the sector of quality wines that come from detecting a few years ago and the need to create a quality image for the wines of Ribeiro. Casal de Arman, Coto de Gomariz, SanClodio, Viña Mein and Vilerma share a common philosophy: local grape varieties adapted to the Valley of Avia., familiar Winery and viniculture team that respects the soil and plant. Traditional and new technologies come together respecting the identity of the wines.

This has allowed them to produce very attractive wines, where, despite very similar processes of development, geographical location and close using the same grape varieties, are very different from each other and always surprising while gaining adherents and indifferent.

TASTE NOTES SANCLODIO 2008

Sanclodio wine is sincere and friendly, as an outstanding poetry said about Ribeiro wine. They produce just about 30,000 bottles a year. The 2007 harvest was punctuated with 91 points in Wine Advocate in the 2009 list. Treixadura (70%), Godello, Loureira, Albariño and Torrontés. 12% VOL

SanClodio is a white wine from the free-run juice of local grapes Treixadura (70,80%), Godello 8,72%, Loureira 8,58 %, Torrontés 7,20 % y Albariño 4,60 %. It´s produced in the vineyards “Cerrada da Porta” “Aguieira” y “A Planada” de Cubilledo, in Gomariz, Leiro. The oldest vineyard Low pressure pressing in a pneumatic press machine is used.

Static Destemming during 48 hours at 12º C is performed. Alcoholic Fermentation at 18 ºC is preserved to keep natural flavors and the rest of good properties of grapes. Sanclodio is a gold yellow color and a medium intensity wine. Fruity and complex wine that shows the typical taste of Treixadura grapes. It is supposed to evolutes faithfully in its first years. In mouth It is smooth, full, gliceric, unctuous and with a bitter ending and vegetal notes.

Company: SANCLODIO – PRODUCCIONES AMODIÑO, S.L. Address: Cubilledo, Gomariz, 32420 Leiro, Ourense, Spain Contact: Inmaculada Pazos, (Ribeiros Do Avia), Ana Sanz (Producciones Amodiño) Phone: +34988488741 (Rib Do Avia), Celular: +34695220256 (Inma Pazos), +34600437614 (Ana Sanz) Fax: +34988488741 E-mail: [email protected], (Inma Pazos), [email protected] (Ana Sanz) Web: www.sanclodiovino.com

Bodegas ValdeSil, S.L., a family boutique winery from Córgomo, a small town in the county of Vilamartin de Valdeorras in the heart of the D.O. Valdeorras where we produce 100% Godello (already considered to keep an eye out for by Hubrecht Duijker in the late 1980s) and 100% Mencía wines.

The combination of this local grape variety with the slate soils of the area and the extreme mountain climate allow the production of white wines with great minerality and complexity, a deep and evolving mouth and with a great ability to age. Bodegas ValdeSil owns the oldest godello vineyard in the world (1885).

Tasting note ValdeSil 2008

An elegant expression of the Godello grape where lees ageing provides depth, character, and the potential for ageing. The grapes are grown on the slate slopes of Vilamartín de Valdeorras where ideal latitude and altitude allow for full ripening. Complex, with yeasty, mineral, citric notes, good weight and balancing acidity. The slate slopes of the Sil Valley give the mineral character to this wine released after six months of lees stirring in vat and several more in bottle.

Tasting note Pezas da Portela 2007

Elaborated with Godello from the 11 original “pezas” (means plot in local language) of the Prada family located in the town of Portela. Complex and particular Godello, with a clear character, reflecting the mineral soils of Portela, wrapped up with a background of gentle French oak, that gives complexity and longer life. Peach and apricot, great touches of minerality, an exciting fresh mouth, fat and wide with an acidity that turns it very deep and envolving.

Tasting note Losada 2007

Elaborated with Mencía from vineyards grown on clay soils. The result is a complex wine with a firm personality and elegance. On the nose, initial aromas of red fruit with hints of spice and oak coming through. Fresh, silky palate with volume and an excellent structure. In one word, elegant.

Tasting note Altos de Losada 2006

Great complexity and character from single vineyards on gentle clay slopes, showing all the subtlety and elegance which Losada brings. The excellent 2006 vintage provided the perfect opportunity to launch these exciting new wines: a problem-free growing season with plenty of warm periods of sunshine without the kind of extreme heat that can result in excessively alcoholic, low-acid, fruit-deficient wines. Adventurous wine drinkers that are eager to discover something new should not hesitate in trying these wines, which make excellent pairings for all kinds of meat dishes and cheeses.

Company: Bodegas ValdeSil, SL Address: Córgomo, s/n – 32348 Vilamartín de Valdeorras Ourense (SPAIN) Contact: Luis Nuñez Phone: +34 988 337 900 Fax: +34 988 337 901 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.valdesil.com

Virxen de Galir SAT D. O. Valdeorras is located in Éntoma – Barco de Valdeorras – Orense – Galicia – Spain. It´s a family winery fonded in 2002 . We currently have 15 Ha of vineyards on land with a gradient of more than 40% with SLATE soil, at a heigh of more than 700 metres above sea level. We are in the area of Galicia with the greates number sunlight hours.

Rosa Rivero Crianza 05 First and only Vintage wine of Galicia graded a PDO. Very limited production. Familiar winery that bets on quality and innovation where only red wines with ageing in barrels are produced.

Pagos del Galir 07 (Mencía) Is a young wine aged in new a merican oak barrels. The care taken in it´s preparation ageing and finishing in bottle, mean that the Mencía is perceived in all it´s splendor.

G del Galir 08 (Godello) A combination of meticulouis viticulture work and the employment of new production thechniques, such as the cold maceration of the grapes or the maduring on lees, confers a very special and distinctive character to this wine

Empresa: Virxen de Galir SAT Dirección: Avda del Bierzo 1 Barco de Valdeorras (Orense) Persona de Contacto: David Barros Teléfono:+34988335600 - +34699910618 Fax: +34988335592 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.virxendegalir.es

VITIVINICOLA DEL RIBEIRO, belonging to D.O. Ribeiro is located in Ribadavia (Ourense) and it is the biggest winery in Galicia making D.O. Wines It was established in 1968. Only two years later it commercialized the first Ribeiro wine, bottled and labeled. At the same time, the winery recovered the quality varieties of the best Ribeiro wines modernizing the winemaking techniques, which have made the winery a solid reference in Galician and Spain’s wine business. Treixadura, Torrontés, Loureira and Lado are the great indigenous varieties blended in our wines giving the white wines their freshness, body and distinctive aromas. The winery is the biggest in the D.O. Ribeiro and in the Galicia region making D.O. wines with an average production of 5 million bottles.

Among all the variety of products made are white wines, red wines, sweet wines and also orujos and liquors from Galicia. Well known for its careful wine making and quality of its wines, the winery is proud to have in its portfolio the best selling white wine from Galicia and one of the best selling white wines from Spain: VIÑA COSTEIRA

Tasting note PAZO The brand Pazo has the honor of being the first Ribeiro wine bottled and labeled. It has been in the market for 40 years and it is know and appreciated by the lovers of the good Ribeiro wines. A clean, fresh wine, easy to drink that can fulfill every palate. Visual: Straw yellow, clean and bright Nose: Medium intensity aroma, fine, with white fruits, fennel and fresh herb Palate: Fresh, light and balanced Pairing: All kind of fish and seafood

Tasting note VIÑA COSTEIRA Viña Costeira is a balanced blend of the varieties Treixadura, Torrontés, Loureira, Godello and Albariño, indigenous grapes of Ribeiro, historical winemaking area. It is the leader among the white wines from Galicia and it is the best selling white wine from Galicia Visual: Straw yellow with green glints Nose: Aroma of medium-high intensity, clean, fine and elegant, with notes of tropical fruit and fresh herb Palate: unctuous, balanced, easy to drink and a fresh final forming and armonious whole Pairing: all kind of fish and seafood. Excellent pairing with traditional Galician cheeses.

Tasting note COLECCIÓN COSTEIRA TREIXADURA Colección Costeira Treixadura is the result of a project of recovering the most ancient indigenuos variety of Ribeiro: the Treixadura. The first 100% Treixadura, made with selected Treixadura, grown on the best slopes where the valleys of the rivers Miño and Avia meet, surrounding the medieval village of Ribadavia, capital of the Ribeiro. A Ribeiro for gourmets with only 100.000 bottles made. Visual: Straw Yellow, with green glints and bright Nose: Intense Aroma, very fruity highlighting the apple, melon, stone fruits and honey notes Palate: very estructured, fruity, wide, with long aftertaste, complex and elegant Pairing: All kind of fish and seafood, and also white meats

Tasting note COLECCIÓN COSTEIRA ALBARIÑO Selected Albariño, from our own vineyards located on the best slopes of the rivers Miño and Avia. This grape, traditionally made in coupage with other varietals of the area, is presented now as a single varietal, being the first Albariño in D.O. Ribeiro. A Ribeiro for gourmets. Visual: Straw yellow, bright with golden glints Nose: Fine and elegant aroma, with stone fruits and exotic notes, on a delicate floral end Palate: Very structured, fruity, tasty with a very long finish and a fresh aftertaste Pairing: All kind of fish and seafood

Tasting note TOSTADO DE COSTEIRA The first naturally sweet wine made in Ribeiro. Recovering a tradition in Ribeiro from centuries. Visual: Golden Yellow Nose: Intense aroma of raisin fruits, honey, nuts and patisserie Palate: Excellent balance between sweetness and acidity, unctuous, very long, very nice tasting with a silky sensation

Company: Vitivinícola del Ribeiro Address : Valdepereira s/n. Ribadavia Ourense (SPAIN) Contact: Ramón Mosquera Phone: +34607781291 Fax: +34988470330 e-mail: [email protected] Web :www.vinoribeiro.com