Fazenda Pradio Brancellao 2018
£31.51

Fazenda Pradio

Fazenda Pradio Brancellao 2018

Country: Spain
Region: Ribeira Sacra
Grape: Brancellao
Colour: Red
Bottle Size: 75cl
Bottle Weight: 1180g
Alcohol: 13%
Vintage: 2018
Biodynamic not certified 

Operating outside of the D.O (Ribeira Sacra), Xavi Soeanes makes wine the way he wants to. Working biodynamically farmed vineyards on a terraced cliff overlooking the Miño just south of where it becomes the Sil.

Xavi has begun grafting Mencia to indigenous varietals such as Brancellao and Merenzao (which is also known as Bastardo in Spain and Trousseau in Jura). Xavi picks early, as was common practice several generations ago before acidification became more normal in the region. In 2018 Xavi began to use granite tanks in an effort to further replicate the winemaking practices before the region modernised using oak barrels

Xavi’s wines truly reflect the terroir of Ribeira Sacra and show how the future of winemaking in the region is in fact the past.


After the outbreak of phylloxera indigenous variety Brancellao was virtually extinct, until Fazendo Pradio and a few other growers revived it and is commonly recognised as one of the oldest indigenous varieties in Galicia.

The vineyards, farmed biodynamically, are on steep terraced slopes at 350masl. Fermenetation is in stainless steel, and then aged in 300L used French oak for 8 months. Minimal filtration and SO2. 

PRODUCER NOTES

Operating outside of the D.O (Ribeira Sacra), Xavi Soeanes makes wine the way he wants to. Working biodynamically farmed vineyards on a terraced cliff overlooking the Miño just south of where it becomes the Sil.

Xavi has begun grafting Mencia to indigenous varietals such as Brancellao and Merenzao (which is also known as Bastardo in Spain and Trousseau in Jura). Xavi picks early, as was common practice several generations ago before acidification became more normal in the region. In 2018 Xavi began to use granite tanks in an effort to further replicate the winemaking practices before the region modernised using oak barrels

Xavi’s wines truly reflect the terroir of Ribeira Sacra and show how the future of winemaking in the region is in fact the past.


FARMING & WINEMAKING NOTES

After the outbreak of phylloxera indigenous variety Brancellao was virtually extinct, until Fazendo Pradio and a few other growers revived it and is commonly recognised as one of the oldest indigenous varieties in Galicia.

The vineyards, farmed biodynamically, are on steep terraced slopes at 350masl. Fermenetation is in stainless steel, and then aged in 300L used French oak for 8 months. Minimal filtration and SO2.