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Forjas del Salnés

Description Forjas del Salnés

This is one of the smallest estates in Rias Baixas, but well known from the connoisseurs. Since 2005, the current generation, with Rodri at the helm, has been making super whites but also great reds with a typical Atlantic and Galician accent. Organic cultivation and vinification, minimal intervention. Definitely not wines for beginners.

Regions of Forjas del Salnés
Appellations of Forjas del Salnés
Winemaker Raúl Pérez & Rodrigo Méndez
Owner Fam. Méndez
Founding 1912
Description Forjas del Salnés

History Forjas del Salnés

The Méndez family planted Albariño in the village of Meaño in 1912. The one they use for la Finca del Torno dates from this period. in 2005, Rodri Méndez started to work with Raúl Pérez, one of Spain's most famous oenologists. This is when the red wine project really started. With its Goliardo, the estate gained international fame amongst the wine lovers. Today the total production (red and white) is barely 35,000 bottles.

Forjas del Salnés
Aldea Seixiños, 72
Meaño
Pontevedra

Varieties Forjas del Salnés

Albariño is the white grape on the estate - mainly old vines. For the reds, three (rather unknown) varieties are used: Caíño, Loureiro and Espadeiro. In both colours, the Atlantic character of the wines is obvious.

Terroir Forjas del Salnés

The vines are located in Meaño, in the Salnés zone, one of the historic components of the Rias Baixas, the heart of the denomination. The vines are very near to the Atlantic, at altitudes under 100 m. The soils are mainly granite, with sand on the surface. These are acidic, deep and permeable soils. The estate is divided into 7 vineyards: El Torno, Xesteira (Albariño), Telleira (Albariño, Caíño, Loureiro, Espadeiro), Ameiró, Xacobeira de Abaixo, Xesteira de Abaixo (Caíño, Loureiro, Espadeiro).

Vinification Forjas del Salnés

Traditional vinification for all the wines - the influence of Raúl Pérez shows. The Leirana is not aged, while the other wines are (in large casks from 700 to 2,500 litres). Only indigenous yeasts are used. Most of the reds are not de-stemmed and macerate in open tanks. Then they are aged for 12 months in old barrels (4 years or more). The winemaking philosophy is thus mostly non-interventionist.

75 cl.
Biological
Goliardo A Telleira

Goliardo A Telleira 2024

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
white
35,54 € /pc
29,37 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Albariño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2024

Description

A very pure Albariño, made from old vines (50 year-old) on granite-sand sols, juste above sea level. Production: only 2500 bottles.

75 cl.
95 R. Parker
Biological
-15% Residual lot
Goliardo A Telleira Tinto

Goliardo A Telleira Tinto 2019

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
red
57,79 € /pc
49,12 € /pc
40,60 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Caiño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2019

75 cl.
96 R. Parker
Biological
Goliardo A Telleira Tinto

Goliardo A Telleira Tinto 2020

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
red
58,01 € /pc
47,94 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Caiño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2020

Description

Vineyard of around 60 years old, located close to the sea. A Telleira is the warmest vineyard of the estate and is particularly well suited to red grape varieties. Very limited production of around 600 bottles.

75 cl.
Biological
Leirana

Leirana 2025

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
white
18,51 € /pc
15,30 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Albariño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2025

Description

Rodri Méndez is one of the best producers of Albariño wines in Galicia. Leirana is his entry level wine, but also the perfect illustration of his style: non frills, crisp, and sharp. Rodri mainly works with older vines, and those are put into good use, in this wine as well as in his top range (the Goliardo line).

75 cl.
94 R. Parker
Biological
Leirana, Areas de Arra

Leirana, Areas de Arra 2019

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
white
112,22 € /pc
92,74 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Albariño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2019

Description

This wine was made for the first time in 2017. It is unique, as Rodri is the only one to make a single vineyard wine won this exceptional terroir: a 100 year-old vine planted on 3 metres of sans, 50 metres from the seaside at Arra, in Montalvo-Sanxenxo. Unique indeed.

75 cl.
97 James Suckling
Biological
Leirana, Areas de Arra

Leirana, Areas de Arra 2020

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
white
112,71 € /pc
93,15 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Albariño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2020

Description

This wine was made for the first time in 2017. It is unique, as Rodri is the only one to make a single vineyard wine won this exceptional terroir: a 100 year-old vine planted on 3 metres of sans, 50 metres from the seaside at Arra, in Montalvo-Sanxenxo. Unique indeed. Only 600 bottles produced.

75 cl.
Biological
Leirana, Genoveva

Leirana, Genoveva 2025

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
white
36,59 € /pc
30,24 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Albariño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2025

Description

One of our best Albariños, made from the grapes of a 180 year-old pre-phylloxeric vine . Impressive wine. Production: 5.000 bottles only.

75 cl.
96 R. Parker
Biological
Leirana, O Pradiño

Leirana, O Pradiño 2021

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
white
58,01 € /pc
47,94 € excl. VAT
Assembly

Albariño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2021

75 cl.
98 R. Parker
Biological
Finca Genoveva Tinto

Finca Genoveva Tinto 2022

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
red
46,28 € /pc
38,25 € excl. VAT
Out of stock
Assembly

Caiño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2022

Description

In addition to the white Finca Genoveva, Rodri has also been making a red since 2017. Mainly from old-vine Caíño. It shows a truly Atlantic character with impressive depth. A wine that can stand alongside the great reds of the Loire.

75 cl.
98 James Suckling
Biological
Leirana, O Pradiño

Leirana, O Pradiño 2022

Galicia
Forjas del Salnés
D.O. Rias Baixas
75 cl.
white
58,26 € /pc
48,15 € excl. VAT
Out of stock
Assembly

Albariño (100%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2022

Description

O Pradiño is named after the parcel from which the wine originates, in O Vinquiño (Sanxenxo). The vineyard was completely replanted in 2012 using cuttings from some of the more than century-old vines that were still present on this site. The vineyard lies very close to the sea and consists of decomposed granite and sand soils, with gneiss. In total, there are 1,600 vines, with an annual production of around 700 bottles. Our most mineral Albariño!

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