El vino más premium de Bodegas Fillaboa, La Fillaboa 1898, ha sido reconocido, en su añada 2016, con 100 puntos en la Guía Peñín 2025. Se trata de la máxima puntuación obtenida por este vino que consiguió 96 puntos en el “Rías Baixas Special Report” de Tim Atkin y en la Guía Proensa 2024, y en su añada anterior 2010, que fue la primera elaboración, alcanzó el Best in Show en Decanter con 97 puntos y el premio de la AEPEV al Mejor Vino Blanco sin barrica.
La Fillaboa 1898 has been one of only three white wines to receive 100 points in this guide, making this Albariño white wine from Fillaboa one of the three best white wines in Spain. In this edition, more than 9,800 wines participated, of which only 8 wines received 100 points.
La Fillaboa 1898 is a wine from the 2016 vintage, of which only 6,636 bottles were produced. It is aimed at consumers who seek exclusive, exquisite white wines with unique elegance. It comes from the finest grapes of eight plots and has undergone a minimum of six years of aging on fine lees, which gives this Albariño exceptional volume and roundness on the palate—qualities rarely found in this type of wine. 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 a wine called “Vino del Condado de Fillaboa” was already being shipped by boat from this estate, located in the Condado de Tea area of Rías Baixas, near Portugal, to Cuba. In honor of those historic journeys, Fillaboa Wineries decided in 2017 to release this wine, which had been aging on its lees since 2010.
José Masaveu, General Director of Masaveu Wineries, states that “this recognition is the result of work well done, combining several essential factors to produce a great wine: excellent terroir, significant vineyard work that yields outstanding raw materials, and an exceptional team. We feel very proud to receive this award, knowing that it comes from one of the most prestigious and respected wine guides in Spain.”
Isabel Salgado, winemaker at Fillaboa Wineries for over 25 years, states that “this white wine is the result of many years of dedicated work, both in the vineyard and in the winery, focusing on the Albariño grape in this Rías Baixas location.” All wines from this winery have received scores of 90 points or higher in this guide, as well as the following wines from other wineries within the Masaveu Wineries group: Murua Reserva 2016, VS Murua 2021,
Fillaboa Wineries
Fillaboa is a historic manor whose estate has remained intact over the centuries, making it one of the largest, most beautiful, and oldest estates in Galicia, and the only one that, due to its unique characteristics, belongs to Grandes Pagos de España. Behind the 1,600-meter-thick stone wall protecting the property lie not only the vineyards but also the winery and a spectacular reconstructed manor house.
The Fillaboa estate consists of 50 hectares of Albariño vineyards planted on rolling hills, within a total of 74 hectares divided into 12 plots along the natural border with Portugal, near the Tea and Miño rivers. The granitic soils and Atlantic climate, with mild temperatures due to the proximity of 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 Wineries has grown to become a benchmark in the sector, recognized for the quality of its wines across different DOs and for its environmental philosophy and utmost respect for the land, where it owns its own vineyards. Thanks to this, the winery conveys the unique personality of each terroir in every bottle. In this way, all the projects undertaken by Masaveu Wineries across different regions of the country share a common denominator: Murua (DOCa Rioja), Fillaboa (DO Rías Baixas), Pagos de Araiz (DO Navarra), Leda (Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León), and Valverán (Asturias).
