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Adegas Valmiñor is situated in the sub-region of 'o Rosal' within the D.O. Rías Baixas and owns 35 ha of its own vineyard, contributing half its requirements, and for the rest collaborates with 100 growers throughout the D.O. Only the best fruit is selected dependant on strict criteria, and Agro Valmiñor does all of the viticulture.
The even climate of O Rosal is free of major thermal fluctuations; the rich mineral soils and outstanding growing conditions make this valley an ideal location for producing high quality fruit (O Rosal is also the biggest producer of Kiwifruit in Europe).
Valmiñor is based on the 30 yo Catuxa vineyard of 4 ha, wide spaced, planted on 6 foot high pergola trellises, grassed underneath to reduce vigor, and producing at 8 tonnes/ha, very low for Rías Baixas. Their largest holding, the Figuero Vineyard at 17 ha adds a unique strand to Valmiñor’s wines – it is a soil based on metamorphic schist rather than the t
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