Tradewinds Specialty Imports -- Spanish Wines

The Rías Baixas Denomination of Origin includes different areas in the west region of Galicia with common physical conditions that produce a consistently high quality of wines.

They are mostly flat lands, with an average height of 300 meters, close to the sea and usually crossed by the lower course of different rivers. Therefore the weather conditions are of Atlantic nature, in other words, mild temperatures and heavy and adequately distributed rainfalls, although the weather tends to get drier during the summer season.  

These weather conditions together with the soil morphology - poor, acid, sandy and thin - convey the grapes and produce wines that are protected under this Denomination of Origin with a very peculiar aroma and freshness.

Grapes and Winemaking

The following varieties are grapes exclusively used in the Rias Baixas Denomination of Origin:

• Whites: Albariño, Loureira blanca or Marqués, Treixadura and Caíño blanco
• Reds: Caíño tinto, Espadeiro, Loureira tinta and Sousón

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