List of products by manufacturer Dominio do Bibei

When considering the construction of the winery, they tried to enhance the landscape and accentuate its uniqueness from a totally romantic point of view. With the premise that the winery dialogued with nature and looking for its complete integration, they decided from the beginning to fragment it into different buildings and distribute them on a steep gradient, as can be seen in the photos of the winery.
This conceptual strategy, based on the traditional system of construction in unevennesses, allowed them to have a minimal impact on the visual panorama and successfully resolve their intention to use gravity as a system of wine production.
The terroir is a differentiating element, it determines the particularity and is its birthmark. In ancient times, its vineyards were far from civilization, under the care of a high mountain population that used the wineries to survive a very harsh winter. We are in a special place, far from large and polluting cities or industries. A foreign land when coming and going from cars, trains or planes. A ground only interrupted by the sound of the elements.
The rock on which it rests is of granite origin. In some areas, sands, compound shales and minerals such as mica, quartz or feldspar are abundant. In others, however, clays and slate predominate. But it's not just the ground.
The climate is Atlantic, with marked contrasts between seasons. With an average annual rainfall of 700 mm concentrated in winter and spring, summer and autumn are drier and have a greater thermal amplitude between day and night. September, the month of harvest, is always unpredictable. The strongest winds are those from the west and southwest.
In the Ribeira Sacra we find a vineyard that seems to be in disarray as far as the varieties are concerned. In the face of the prevailing monoculture, it was decided to respect the decisions of the predecessors and to opt for a coupage of indigenous varieties, respecting the vision of the former winegrowers.
The capricious orography means that the heights range from 200 to 700 metres, achieving optimum conditions for all varieties of grapes, white and red. Dominio do Bibei vines are young and centuries old. Different varieties of the Ribeira Sacra have been recovered, some of them almost abandoned: Mencía, Brancellao, Mouratón, Grenache blue, Sousón, Caiño, Gran Negro or "Vella da Caxata" for the inks and Alabariño, Dona Blanca, Colagadeira, Treixadura and Torrontes for the whites.
Harvesting is carried out by hand and selectively in small boxes, taking into account the nature of the soil, the incidence of climate and variety. A careful manual selection of bunches and vague bunches is then carried out.
After fermentation, they favour the use of old barrels. The barrels are known one by one: each sensation, each forest, each story.... the life of each one. Thus, they are used according to the varieties and plots, far from mechanization. Once bottled, the wines rest for an average of 18 months in the winery.
In Dominio do Bibei they are not lovers of high grade wines, with a lot of new wood, with a lot of extraction. First of all, they look for elegance; and secondly, for the complexity given by time, which gives a combination of sensations to their reds. Minerality and freshness are other characteristics.
Harvesting is carried out by hand and selectively in small boxes, taking into account the nature of the soil, the incidence of climate and variety. A careful manual selection of bunches and vague bunches is then carried out.
After fermentation, they favour the use of old barrels. The barrels are known one by one: each sensation, each forest, each story.... the life of each one. Thus, they are used according to the varieties and plots, far from mechanization. Once bottled, the wines rest for an average of 18 months in the winery.
In Dominio do Bibei they are not lovers of high grade wines, with a lot of new wood, with a lot of extraction. First of all, they look for elegance; and secondly, for the complexity given by time, which gives a combination of sensations to their reds. Minerality and freshness are other characteristics of this wine