The Story
DO Rías Baixas - Val do Salnés
Granbazán verde, is a classic style Salnes Valley (Close to Cambados, World Albarino Capital) wine, directly affected by the sea breeze, shows a distinctive salty after taste, and complex floral aromas. Great aging potential.
Winemaking process:
The grapes without stems are submitted to a cold maceration between 6 and 8 ºC for 8 hours, in order to extract all the aromatic potential from the solid parts ...
Wine Information
Vintage 2016
The 2016 harvest has been characterized by an almost total lack of rainfall in the summer. 2016 was the driest year since 1950. The winter was cold with temperatures below 10ºC ( 50F). Budburst took place in late March later than usual, with stable weather and a very successful fruit-set ratio. Flowering period was slow and steady with no potential diseases due to the low precipitations and humidity. In early September, we ha...
Vintage 2016
SPAIN 2016 will be remembered for the piles of grapes thrown to the ground in Rioja. Our most renowned wine region, as well as Navarra and most appellations in Castilla y León, registered very high yields in sharp contrast with Mediterranean wine regions where drought led to below-average production levels. The gloomy picture came from Ribeira Sacra in Galicia where severe hail hit the area of Doade in August and destroyed 400,000 kilos of gra...
