The premium wine from Fillaboa Wineries, La Fillaboa 1898 2010 It has obtained the Gran Albariño de Oro at the Albariños al Mundo awards organized by the Unión Española de Catadores, which recognize the best wines made with Albariño. The competition also awarded its youngest Albariño wine. Fillaboa 2018 It was awarded the Gold Medal with 90.4 points. In total, the competition recognizes seven Grand Albariños of Gold and 25 Gold Medals.
The tasting panel that traveled to Zurich, Switzerland, to select the best wines made with Albariño included top figures in the Swiss market, among others. it included Hans Bättig (Swiss Sommelier Association) and Walter Zweifel (Zweifel Weine & Getränke).
Fillaboa 1898 is an exclusive wine from the 2010 vintage, made from the best grapes of eight selected vineyards. It has spent years aging on fine lees, which gives this albariño a volume and roundness on the palate that is hard to find in wines of this type. In addition, it preserves the freshness of young albariños while enhancing the complexity and elegance of great white wines. This wine recalls the 19th century when, from the estate located in the Condado de Tea in Rías Baixas, near Portugal, a wine called “Vino del Condado de Fillaboa” was shipped by boat to Cuba. In honor of those historic journeys, Bodegas Fillaboa decided in 2017 to release the first bottling of this wine, which had been aging on lees since 2010. Since then, Fillaboa releases and bottles a maximum of 3,500 bottles per batch.
Isabel Salgado, winemaker at Fillaboa Wineries for more than twenty years, states that “this wine represents a commitment to innovation, a deep understanding of the albariño grape, and the research of our vines and vineyards. It is an original wine made on its own that elevates albariño to the highest level of quality.”
For its part, Fillaboa 2018 is a harmonious white wine with good structure. Its fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at low temperatures, and the wine is kept on its lees until the final bottling.
Fillaboa Wineries
Fillaboa is a historic manor whose estate has remained undivided over the centuries, being one of the largest, most beautiful, and oldest estates in Galicia, and the only one that, due to its special characteristics, belongs to Grandes Pagos de España. Behind the 1,600 meters of the thick stone wall that protects the property, in addition to the vineyards, lie the winery and a spectacular reconstructed stately manor. The Masaveu family acquired the estate in 2001.
54 hectares of Albariño grape vineyards, planted on rolling hills, form the Fillaboa estate, which covers a total of 74 hectares spread across 12 plots on the natural border with Portugal, alongside the Tea and Miño rivers. The rich soils and the Atlantic climate, with mild temperatures due to the proximity to the sea, make Fillaboa a privileged location for cultivating the native Albariño grape.
Masaveu Wineries
The Masaveu family began investing in the wine sector in 1974, when they acquired Bodegas Murua, but the family’s vineyard plantings date back to the mid-19th century, specifically in Castellar del Vallés, the family’s place of origin, where Federico Masaveu Rivell laid the foundations that his descendants would continue a century later.
Since then, Masaveu Bodegas has grown to become a benchmark for the quality of its wines across different Designations of Origin (DOs) and for its environmental philosophy and deep respect for the land. With its own vineyard estates, the winery manages to capture and convey, in every bottle, the unique personality of each terroir. In this way, a common thread unites all the projects undertaken by Masaveu Wineries across different regions: Murua (DOCa Rioja), Fillaboa (DO Rías Baixas), Pagos de Araiz (DO Navarra), Leda (Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León), and Valverán (Asturias).
