Casa Monte Pío

This small estate in the renowned Salnés valley was established in 1979, predating the creation of the now-famous Rías Baixas denominación by nearly a decade.

 

Today Pablo Martinez builds on the dedication of successive generations of his family to translate the fruits of old vines into exquisite, evocative, traditional wines based on Albariño and Mencía.

 

The valley’s name derives from the salt flats that once covered the area, mined in Medieval times for salt to preserve fish. We still associate the area with salt but now for the saline character of Galicia’s most celebrated wines.