Ribeira Sacra Cooperative vineyard
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Galicia, Spain

Ribeira Sacra Cooperative

Mencía · Godello · Albariño

In the winery's words

We farm vertical terraces cut into granite above the Sil River. Tractors can't reach these slopes — everything is done by hand, including the harvest. It's why most of our neighbors have given up. The wines are worth it: Mencía that tastes like stone and violet, Godello with the salt of the Atlantic.

The cooperative was founded in 1977 by eight families. We're eleven now. Each shipment includes at least one wine from a single family's parcel.

A typical shipment

Past shipments.

Spring 2025

3 bottles
  • 2022 Mencía Parcela Fernández
  • 2023 Godello Finca Lomba
  • 2022 Albariño Vello

The Albariño is not what you expect from Galicia. Richer, longer.

Autumn 2024

3 bottles
  • 2021 Mencía Parcela Rodríguez
  • 2022 Godello Finca Lomba
  • 2021 Mencía Reserva

The Reserva is ready. Open it with grilled lamb.

Winter 2024

3 bottles
  • 2020 Mencía Reserva
  • 2022 Albariño Vello
  • 2021 Godello Sobre Lías

The Godello on lees is our favorite wine of the shipment.

Who joins

Atlantic-Spain drinkers looking past Rioja into the granite gorges.