The wine region of Ribeiro is located in the region of Galice of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Emilio Rojo or the Domaine Francisco Garcia Perez produce mainly wines white, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ribeiro are Albarino, Loureiro and Mencia, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ribeiro often reveals types of flavors of pear, smoke or almonds and sometimes also flavors of fig, stone fruit or saline.
In the mouth of Ribeiro is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 148 estates and châteaux in the of Ribeiro, producing 403 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Ribeiro go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
white wines from the region of Ribeiro go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon, skate wing with shallots or mouclade.
On the nose in the region of Ribeiro often reveals types of flavors of apples, pear or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.
