FOUR SUPERSTAR GALICIAN WINEMAKERS

Eulogio Pomares of Zárate in

Rías Baixas makes sublime single vineyard albariño under the Zárate label, plus a range of rescued indigenous varieties he’s bottling under his own name.

Pedro Rodríguez of Guímaro (which means ‘rebel’ in Galician) makes godello and some of Galicia’s finest red blends from mencía, brancellao, merenzao and other indigenous varieties in Ribeira Sacra.

Luis Anxo Rodríguez, of Viña de Martin, not only makes beautiful treixadura-dominant white wines but also field blends of nearlyextinct indigenous red varieties that he grows on micro-plots in DO Ribeiro.

Rafael Palacios (whose brother Alvaro produces L’Ermita in Priorat, one of the most well-known wines in Spain) crafts sublime godello in Valdeorras. His complex As Sortes single-vineyard wine is on the list of many top restaurants.