Galician Wine Tasting Awards in D.O. Ribeira Sacra
This afternoon the Ribeira Sacra Wine Center hosted the awards ceremony of the XXXII edition of the Galician Wine Tasting for wines from D.O. Ribeira Sacra. To comply with the health protocols of the Covid19 pandemic, representatives of the Consellería of Rural Areas traveled to Ribeira Sacra to deliver the recognitions.
Thus, while waiting to be known for the identity of the best white wine and the best red wine in Galicia in 2020 in the city of culture on the november 19th, the wines awarded in D.O. Ribeira Sacra were:
- Acio de Oro tinto: Prómine, from Bodegas Petrón S.L.
- Acio de Plata tinto: Peza deo Rei from Adega Cachín S.L.
Three wines from D.O. Ribeira Sacra were recognized as the best in Galicia in the Harvest Wines and Small Wineries categories; and Wines made with Wood.
- Acio de Oro tinto Acivro from Adegas Salvadur S.L. in the Harvest Wines and Small Wineries category.
- Acio de Oro tinto, Acivro from Adegas Salvadur S.L. in the Wines made with Wood category.
- Acio de Plata tinto, Tradición from Adega Vella, Jorge Feijoo González, in the Wines made with Wood category.
Awarded D.O. Ribeira Sacra in the 2020 Galicia Wine Tasting
The tasting panel was made up of 14 tasters who did blind tasting of 348 wine samples from all over Galicia. It corresponded to the D.O. Ribeira Sacra 70 samples from 30 wineries. In the act of delivery were recognized the secular value of the winemakers and the excellence of their work. From D.O. Ribeira Sacra grape harvest "in extremis" and work of winemakers and viticulturists stood out as an artisan process full of love for viticulture.