History

Who we are and what we offer?

 

A group of vineyard owners –consisting of 30 families- gathered in 1975 to defend a product to which our ancestors devoted part of their lives and work. From them we inherited home, tradition and respect, and, moreover: the knowledge of what should and not should be done during the wine elaboration. We are sited in Valle del Salnes, which capital is Cambados. And on the date mentioned above we founded the first group agriculture winery under the legal name -in those times- “Grupo de Colonización” (Settlement Group), later “Sociedades Agrarias de Transformación” (Transformation Agricultural Societies). Since our birthtime, our philosophy has been to watch and defend Albariño wine which is produced in this area, not only for its quality and originality but also for its tipicity, as it is stated in our foundation estatutes, article 3.
It should be taken into consideration that the Denomination of Origin Rías Baixas was not created until 1986, which shows we are pioneers in our knowledge related to Albariño wine, for we had already been working beforehand on its potential. This fact confers us the power to transmit a wide range of information from a historical and experimental point of view, regarding the possibilities of the grapevine variety “Albariño.” As a result, in 1994, we were awarded “Albariñenses de Honor” (Honoured Albarinenses) by Capítulo Serenísimo del Albariño and that was the first time the award was granted to a group of vineyard owners as an acknowledgement of their labour and accomplishments.
Over the late years, a great amount of visitors have visited our facilities and they have stated their preference for this House as a historical and major reference. Consequently, we have been considered the most accurate guards to keep with high precision the values related to the elaboration of this well-known Albariño wine.

 

Elaboration

How do we elaborate Dom Bardo?

All the experience gathered, from our ancestors and that acquired at performing our activities along years of devotion to our labour, is offered in the elaboration of Dom Bardo. This experience has been acknowledged by research and development programs, financed by our own resources and the support of the finantial entity BBVA, under the direction and worthy collaboration of Professors Barbosa Arantes and Sousa Maia, in the Universities: Santiago de Compostela (Dr Reigosa Roger); do Miño Oporto-Portugal (Dr Couto Teixeira, Marques Oliveira and Pires de Almeida) and Montpellier Profesor Pierre Vidan. They provided information as regards the autochthonous or mutated microflora that prevails on Valle del Salnés, including cryptogamic plants such as “yeasts, leavening, bacteria, etc” which condition or characterize the productivity process and the elaboration of Dom Bardo Albariño wine. Its elaboration schedule is as follows:

Firstly, sample collection on the fields, from “envero” (colour change season), to follow up the ripening process, which will tell us the most appropriate date to begin the vintage.

Then, fruit recollection and its placement in boxes (20-22 kg), so as to avoid tearing up or spoiling; immediate transportation in individual compartments to the winery (up to a maximun of 3-4 hours from the moment of picking up); sample collections to assess traceability, weighing, complete elimination of scratching and soft crushing.

Finally, all the grapes go through the tube interchanger for thermal control and the cold maceration process is started using crio-maceration, which will yield highly satisfactory results, regarding the extraction of the whole varietal aromatic potential of this breed.

 
 

This process has been peformed in our facilities since 1985 and, as far as it is known according to updated publications of enological treaties- we are considered to be in the first place in its application both in our country and internationally. This technique, even though it is expensive, allows our Dom Bardo Albariño wine to express a unique and typified personality, which would be framed within the original Albariños from Salnés.

Notwithstanding the typical difficulties “seasons” bestow upon Albariño wines, our experienced culture and treatment of it enable us to offer what other albariño wines cannot.

Also important in the elaboration process of Dom Bardo is the separation of grape sludge in the must through cold static disludging instead of mechanical or other kind of processes. Accordingly, must transformation yielding is not over 60% (from 55-59%), depending on the addition.

The alcoholic or tumultuous fermentation takes place through the inoculation of Süssreserve (German: Süßreserve, literally meaning "sweet reserve", i.e. a portion of selected unfermented must to be added to wine as a sweeting component), consisting of autochtonous yeasts, and placed in stainless steel vats to keep temperature under control. This fermentation is possible thanks to the biological process of lactic bacteria that are present in our milleu, and which have the peculiarity of developing this transformation at very low temperatures (9-10 Cº).

In white wines, this transformation is absolutely exceptional under these conditions; however, it is currently acknowledged by various enologic authorities as a way to obtain wines with a higher peculiarity, an aromatic complexity and soft crisp sharpness on the palate, which also have an extensive longevity when compared to wines under non biologic disacidification processes.

Thus, Dom Bardo is unique, due to research and gathered experience in the production, selection and the personalized elaboration, mainly enhancing the tipicity and originality a good Albariño should have.

 
 
 

Tasting

What is Dom Bardo?

Visual phase:
White, clean, brilliant, transparent, elegant and beautiful pouring wine, subtle gold yellow, with hues of green and straw.

Smelling phase:
Intense, true to its enhanced grape varietal aroma, having hints of a deep fruity perfume and of natural ripening, long length and open aroma.

Tasting phase:
Dry and with a crisp sharpness, soft, open and wide shades to the forepalate, meaty and harmonic.
Full-bodied, round wine, with a well balanced evolution. With the bracing acidity to create a razor-clean finish.
Long length retronasal after-tasting.

 
 
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Our address

AGRUPACIÓN DE COSECHEIROS ALBARIÑO DO SALNÉS
SISANGANDARA,1
36636-RIBADUMIA-PONTEVEDRA
TELF. +34 986710052
www.dombardo.com
dombardo@dombardo.com

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