Finca Meixemán 2019 | Guímaro | Ribeira Sacra

Name: Finca Meixemán 2019 | Guímaro | Ribeira Sacra
Brand: Guímaro
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Finca Meixemán 2019 | Guímaro | Ribeira Sacra

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Guímaro (Pedro Rodríguez), DOC Ribeira Sacra. Finca Meixemán, approximately 100-year-old vineyard at 350–400 metres altitude, south-facing. Granite and slate soils. 70% Mencía, 30% Brancellao, Merenzao, Garnacha, Mouratón, Negreda and Sousón.

Hand-harvested in boxes. Fermentation with 40% whole clusters and 60% whole grapes in an open 3,000-kg frustoconical wooden tank at temperatures above 30°C for 55 days. Free-run by gravity, followed by light manual pressing of the pomace. Racked into used 225-litre French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation. Aged 12 months in used French oak barrels. Bottled without fining or filtering.

Wine Identification
Finca Meixemán is a single-vineyard red wine produced by Guímaro, led by winemaker Pedro Rodríguez. This 2019 vintage hails from the Ribeira Sacra Denominación de Origen in Galicia, Spain.

Origin and Winemaking
The grapes are sourced from the Finca Meixemán vineyard, with vines approximately one hundred years old, situated at an altitude of 350–400 meters with a southern exposure. The terroir consists of granite and slate soils. It is a field blend dominated by Mencía, with Brancellao, Merenzao, Garnacha, Mouratón, Negreda and Sousón.

Vinification is notably extended and rustic. Harvesting is conducted manually in crates. The must undergoes fermentation with 40% whole clusters (stalks) and 60% whole berries in open wooden vats for 55 days at temperatures exceeding 30ºC. The free-run wine is drawn off by gravity, followed by a light manual pressing of the pomace. Malolactic fermentation occurs in used 225-liter French oak barrels, followed by a twelve-month aging period in these same vessels. The final product is bottled without clarification or filtration.

Tasting Profile and Critics’ Reception
The wine presents 13% alcohol. According to the Peñín Guide (93 points), it displays brilliant cherry color with an expressive, balanced, and fresh nose featuring red fruit and mineral notes. On the palate, it is savory with a fine bitter note and balsamic character.

The Wine Advocate awarded 96 points, describing an austere nose that needs time in the glass to open. It offers subtle notes of violets, wild berries, and herbs. The review notes it feels riper and more approachable than other 2019 Guímaro releases, with a gourmand quality despite its alcohol level. Production is limited to approximately 8,000 bottles, bottled in February.

Overall Character
Finca Meixemán stands as an expressive, structured red that balances rustic vinification techniques with refined aging, resulting in a wine of significant depth and complexity.

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PEÑÍN: 93

COLOR: cereza brillante

AROMA: fruta roja, mineral, expresivo, equilibrado, fresco

BOCA: sabroso, equilibrado, fino amargor, balsámico

PARKER: 96

The single-vineyard 2019 Finca Meixeman comes from one of their oldest vineyards, planted with a field blend of 80% Mencía and 20% Brancellao, Merenzao, Garnacha, Mouratón, Negreda and Sousón. It has an austere nose that benefitted from being in the glass for over one hour, so decanting in advance might be a good idea if you are going to pull the cork any time soon. It has subtle notes of violets and wild berries and herbs. It has 13% alcohol but, despite that, feels a little riper than the other 2019s, perhaps more approachable and gourmand. There are some 8,000 bottles. It was bottled in February

Learn more about Guímaro

Guímaro was the family's nickname in the village, and in Galician it means rebel. Under that name they bottle in Sanmil, in the municipality of Sober, within the Amandi subzone of Ribeira Sacra.

Manolo and Carmen Rodríguez set up the winery in 1991, when they stopped selling wine in bulk and began bottling it themselves, and joined the appellation in 1996. Their son, Pedro Manuel Rodríguez, has run it since 2001.

The winemaker Raúl Pérez has advised the house since 2002, and with him came native yeasts, whole-cluster work and ageing in large wooden formats.

They farm some 8 hectares of their own plus rented plots, all in Amandi. Mencía leads the reds, with Caíño, Sousón, Brancellao, Merenzao, Mouratón and Garnacha Tintorera; the whites are Godello with Treixadura, Loureiro and Albariño, in the local field-blend tradition. The single-vineyard wines are Meixemán, Capeliños and Pombeiras.

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