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D.O. Ribeiro

Introduction | History | Geography | Climate | Viticulture | Viniculture | Wines | Wineries  

 

Ribeiro is a traditional growing area, and has been a registered DO since 1957. Today, the area is undergoing a renaissance thanks to the distinctively different wines it makes with native red and white grapes. Some are varietal Albariños. Others are made from a balanced blend of grapes .

Immense innovation and investment is now evident throughout the DO, both in the large cooperatives and in the smaller bodegas. An unusual feature of the area is the many small, independent producers, called colleteiros, who make wine traditionally from their own grapes.

 

 

Fact file

CRDO address:

Salgado Moscoso, 11

32400 Ribadavia

Ourense – Galicia

Spain

DO established

1932

Last updated

24 April 2004

Telephone

+34 988 477 200

Fax

+34 988 477 201

E-mail

info@ribeiro.es

Website

www.ribeiro.es

Vineyards:

Subzones

-

Area under vine

2,717 ha

Altitude of vineyards

100-350 m

Soil types

Mostly sandy/alluvial on the terraced sides of river valleys, granite bedrock

Principal grapes (w)

Treixadura, Albariño, Godello, Torrontés, Loureira

Principal grapes (r)

Caiño, Ferrón, Sousón, Brancellao, Mencía

Permitted grapes (w)

Jerez, Macabeo, Albillo

Permitted grapes (r)

Garnacha, Tempranillo

Experimental grapes (w)

Lado

Experimental grapes (r)

-

Organic viticulture

-

Climate:

Max. summer temp.

38°C

Min. Winter temp.

-4°C

Average rainfall

900 mm

Average sunshine

2,000 hours annually

Production:

Maximum crop

13,000 kg/ha

Yield

70%

Equivalent hl/ha

91 hl/ha

Production 2006

14,100,000 kg

Production 2007

17,000,000 kg

Production 2008

-

Wine alcohol content:

White

10-13% abv

Rosé

-

Red

10-12% abv

Other

-

Ageing in oak:

Crianza

-

Reserva

-

Gran Reserva

-

Wineries:

Number of Wineries

113

Total exports - 2006

-

Total exports - 2007

1.631 hl

Total exports - 2008

-

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