As Xaras

As Xaras is 100% Mencia from the villages of Chandoiro and Larouco in the Val do Bibei. This narrow valley escaped the development of the Val do Sil with its hydroelectric dams – resulting in wines with more fruit than minerality. In contrast, the vineyards in the Bibei were nearly abandoned and cling to crumbling terraces surrounded by scrub and forest and the vines produce a much more vertical, nervy, and refreshing version of Mencia – precisely the type of Mencia Curro and Jesús prefer.