We are absolutely thrilled not only by the excellent scores achieved by our O Cabalín 2017 (91 points) and A Espedrada 2017 (92 points) but also by the detailed review of our O Cabalín project.
Read on!
O Cabalín by Luis Gutiérrez
It’s not easy to start small independent projects in Valdeorras, because the larger wineries from other zones have driven up prices, and the availability of vineyards and even grapes can be a challenge. Adega O Cabalin is the personal project of winemaker María Teresa López Fidalgo. She started buying small plots of old head-pruned vines in 2015, and she now works three hectares spread into 38 separate plots, some of which are still in the process of being recovered, as they were semi-abandoned. In 2017, she settled in Villamartín de Valdeorras and produced one white and one red.
She started small, with the plan to reach 18,000 to 20,000 bottles in the future.
O Cabalin has invested a lot to recover semi-abandoned vineyards off the beaten path.
María Teresa looked for vines in the villages of Viladequinta and Carballeda, both in the small valley of the Casoiso River, a tributary to the Sil, in a relatively unknown or unheralded part of Valdeorras.
She is taking an organic approach to the vineyards, which is remarkable.
Luis Gutiérrez – June 2020
Adega O Cabalin 