Grower Website A Telleira Region:

Founded in 1940, Finca Reboreda, which produces the A Telleira wines, is the largest private wine firm in D.O. Ribeiro and is credited with being the original locomotive for quality in the area. José Luis Méndez and his daughter Ana head one of the most progressive and stable wine firms in Galicia. Since 1996, The Méndez family has also owned the Albariño super-estate Adegas Morgadío. The A. Telleira vineyard is made up of 40 hectares on the Miño River west of the provincial capital and ancient Roman mining center of Orense. Soils vary from alluvial and stony near the river to outcroppings of slate, granite and chalk on the higher west-facing slopes. Varieties planted include a majority Treixadura, plus Torrontés, Loureiro, Godello and Mencía.

COUNTRY SPAIN
REGION D.O. RIBEIRO
APPELLATION Val do Miño
PROPRIETORS Méndez family of Orense
FOUNDED 1940
WINEMAKER Pablo Estévez
ANNUAL PRODUCTION 240,000 bottles
FARMING (SUSTAINABLE, ORGANIC, BIODYNAMIC) Chemical free vineyards are maintained using a grass mantle. All measures are taken to preserve the indigenous flora and fauna
WINE BLEND VINE AGE SOIL TYPES
A Telleira Godello 100% Godello 25 years Stony, calcareous clay
A Telleira Mencia 100% Mencia Over 20 years Granitic, sandy