DOMINIO DO BIBEI Lalume White - Ribeiro (Treixadura) 2020/22 Bottle - VGN/ORG

Description

Since his first vintage in 2001, Javier Dominguez’s Dominio do Bibei has been acknowledged as the force behind the emergence of quality wines in Spain’s historic Ribeira Sacra. The Romans first planted vines in the region. Using slave labour, they constructed hundreds of terraces on the slopes along three river gorges: the Sil, the Miño and the Bibei. Later, monks farmed the vines for several centuries (from whence it got its name ‘sacred riverbanks’), until the devastation of phylloxera and economic depression drove local families to leave Ribeira Sacra. In the late 1990s, Javier Dominguez was among an influx of young winemakers attracted by the region’s old vines and untouched landscape. The family bought land in the Bibei valley and now they own a 140 ha estate, of which 45 ha are planted with vines.

Lalume is a precise, barrel-fermented Treixadura with aromas of white stone fruit, floral notes and honeysuckle. On the palate, it is precisely textured with good acidity and a long finish.