Front of the winery

Dining room

Stills

Lagar de Cervera harvest

Ripe albariño grapes

Panoramic view of the vineyard

Lagar de Cervera arbours

This winery is small and welcoming and can process half a million kilos of grapes. Located in the village of Fornelos its ivy-covered pink walls can be seen from the road. The cosiest corner is the dining-tasting room in the old part of the house, with an impressive old stone and wooden wine press.

Aware that the only secret when making albariño is to use exquisite grapes, we started to enlarge the five hectares of original vineyards, gradually buying more land after overcoming the problem of small plots which are predominant in this area. We achieved a total of 75 hectares among Viña Cervera, Carballo, Seoane and Tamuxe... in O Rosal (60 hectares) and Viña Deiro (15 hectares) in Cambados. Indeed, this is the largest vineyard owned by a Rías Baixas winery.

It is well worth the effort of visiting one of these Alsatian-like vineyards protected by oak and eucalyptus trees, and enjoy the pleasure of contemplating the surroundings. The river Miño, leaving A Guarda behind, mixes with the water of the ocean at the feed of the Santa Tecla mount.

The harvest in this district is early, and Lagar de Fornelos harvests the first grapes in Galicia in a vineyard facing the sun and protected by hills from early morning mists.