The Winery Forjas del Salnés of Rías Baixas of Galice

Winery Forjas del Salnés - Leirana Albari&ntildeo
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Rodrigo Mendez.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of Galice.
It is located in Rías Baixas in the region of Galice

The Winery Forjas del Salnés is one of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Rías Baixas to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Forjas del Salnés wines

Looking for the best Winery Forjas del Salnés wines in Rías Baixas among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Forjas del Salnés wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Forjas del Salnés wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Forjas del Salnés

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Forjas del Salnés

How Winery Forjas del Salnés wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of generous flaky quiche, koskera hake (basque country) or quiche without eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Forjas del Salnés

On the nose the white wine of Winery Forjas del Salnés. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, chamomile or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Forjas del Salnés. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Forjas del Salnés

  • 2005With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.98/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Forjas del Salnés.

  • Albariño
  • Loureiro
  • Espadeiro

Discovering the wine region of Rías Baixas

The wine region of Rías Baixas is located in the region of Galice of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Raúl Pérez or the Domaine Pazo de Rubianes produce mainly wines white, sparkling and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rías Baixas are Albarino, Loureiro and Caino blanco, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rías Baixas often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, mint or chamomile and sometimes also flavors of apple blossom, green melon or beeswax.

In the mouth of Rías Baixas is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 460 estates and châteaux in the of Rías Baixas, producing 1016 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Rías Baixas go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or vegetarian.

The top red wines of Winery Forjas del Salnés

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Forjas del Salnés

How Winery Forjas del Salnés wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or veal chop with rosemary.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Forjas del Salnés

On the nose the red wine of Winery Forjas del Salnés. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or smoke and sometimes also flavors of minerality, red fruit or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Forjas del Salnés. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Forjas del Salnés

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.66/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Forjas del Salnés.

  • Caiño tinto
  • Loureiro
  • Mencia
  • Espadeiro

Discover the grape variety: Mencia

Spanish, more precisely from the Duero Valley where it is still very present. According to some ampelographers, it is close to Cabernet Franc.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Forjas del Salnés

Planning a wine route in the of Rías Baixas? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Forjas del Salnés.

Discover the grape variety: Albarino

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.

News about Winery Forjas del Salnés and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Vega Sicilia invests €20m in Galicia white wine plan

Vega Sicilia’s announcement of its project in Galicia brings an end to months of industry speculation over where exactly the company would make its first Spanish white wines. Spanish daily newspapers El País and Cinco Días revealed news of the construction of a new winery and the acquisition of 24 hectares of vineyards by Vega Sicilia, owned by the Álvarez family. Vega Sicilia confirmed that production would initially consist of two white wines: Deiva, a white Crianza (aged 2 years); and Arnela, ...

Família Torres establishes new base in Galicia

Torres is best known for producing wines across Spanish regions including Catalunya, Rioja and Ribera del Duero. It also has an international presence with Miguel Torres in Chile and Marimar in Sonoma, California, but for more than a decade it has been producing wines in Galicia too. This aspect of its portfolio started with the purchase of a 6ha vineyard in the Salnés subregion, producing the upmarket wine Blanco Granito based on Rías Baixas’ star variety, Albariño. The wine is made from a uniq ...

The word of the wine: Harsh

Term describing the state of tannins with an astringency that lacks finesse.