On September 28 a new page in the world of Spanish viticulture began. Bodegas El Paraguas successfully completed the first vintage of one of its hawthorns to date in Esmelle, Ferrol’s parish, the quality northernmost vineyards of the Iberian Peninsula.
Despite the youth of the strains of the Blanco Legítimo grape grown in Esmelle and in which Bodegas El Paraguas was not thinking about producing the first wine from Ferrol until the 2015 harvest, an exceptionally rare and warm spring provided a good setting for Blanco Legítimo clusters and the producing firm contemplated these grapes’ vinification. After the harvest of the grapes on the 28th they have been taken to CFEA of Guísamo, managed by the regional government, where the process of making 60 kilograms of grapes selected in the esmudiense vineyard began, which alcoholic fermentation started in a 50 liter small tank made of stainless steel.
The first wine from Ferrol, yet unnamed and without commercial character, will be released in early 2016 along with other R & D projects developed by Bodegas El Paraguas with viticulture area of CFEA from Guísamo, which is directed by Xosé Antonio Meixide ‘Tonecho’ and governed by Xosé Lois Arenas.
Bodegas El Paraguas is born in 2011 thanks to the joining of two young professionals, but experienced, who invest all their efforts and knowledge to recover the splendor that one day enjoyed the Ribeiro, one of the best white wines in the world. Felicísimo Pereira and Marcial Pita, both leading figures of Galician wine scene, come together to create unique white wines as El Paraguas Atlántico and the ‘top’ Fai un Sol de Carallo.
