Gutier Seijo MIX Blanco 2022

MIXTURE LOCATIONS. WHITE MIX 2021

Mixtura (Independent wines) is the beginning of a unique and original project by the winemaker Gutier Seijo. At El Sommelier we follow his trail very closely after passing through Dominio do Bibei, in the Ribeira Sacra, where he assumed responsibility for oenology and viticulture from 2012 to 2017.

In 2019, Gutier parted ways with Dominio do Bibei (with whom he continues to have a great relationship) to bet on his own project. A project that he builds on the search and recovery of historic vineyards and their autochthonous varieties. Gutier settles in Esposende (Rivadavia), in the Avia Valley, in the heart of the Ribeiro where he rehabilitates an abandoned 50s winery, creating a unique architectural space of noble materials such as stone and wood to work in the unique creations of him. Gutier selects historic vineyards, with special characteristics that he seeks and, in this case also, despite the fact that the grapes come from three different areas, they have an obvious link. Mix Blanco 2019 is the first white wine that he commercializes, being his most experimental range. Mix tinto 2019 will also be out this year, but what is to come is even better. Mixtura Blanco 2019, a selection of the best grapes, will hit the market at the end of this year and, by 2022, it will bring out its superior cuvees, Albariño and Caíño tinto parcels. We have no doubt that if this is the basic one, what is to come will be exceptional.

In total Gutier works 3 Ha, some owned vineyards and others on a rental basis, and he also buys grapes from trusted vine growers. Of these, 1.5 hectares are in the Avia valley, and the same in the Miño valley, with vineyards in Valeixe (sub-area of ​​Condado de Tea in the Rías Baixas) and in Melgaço, on the other side of the valley, belonging to Portugal. All these areas that seem so different have a distance of 15 km in a straight line and the river Miño in common.

Gutier's philosophy in the vineyard is based on the most respectful intervention possible on the vine and its biodiversity. To this day, the vineyards of the three areas are worked organically, some are certified and others are not. It is an issue that worries him especially in the Ribeiro, since the Ribeiro is one of the most complicated wine-growing areas to work organically, the harvest losses in the Ribeiro are constant due to the fact that there is a very high fungal pressure and the viability economic is complicated. However, his commitment to obtaining the best grapes leads him to persist in working this way.

White Mix 2021 is made with 55% Treixadura from the Avia Valley and 45% Albariño from Valeixe (Condado) and Melgaço (Portugal). The soils are in the three zones of granitic origin with more or less quantity of decomposed sand.

Winemaking: selection in the vineyard bunch by bunch. The vineyards are fermented together with indigenous yeasts in stoneware vessels. Subsequently, it is aged for 12 months in stoneware vessels with its fine lees.

Tasting: intense and bright yellow color with golden reflections. On the nose it has medium intensity with notes of stone fruit in the first place such as apricot, plum, yellow flowers, to later give way to ripe white fruit, passion fruit pear on a granite mineral background. On the palate it has volume, but with very good definition, with tension and a bitter finish that makes it very persistent.

Production: 4,470 bottles. 13.5% Alc.

Optimal consumption: 2024-2029.

Pairing: baked fish, seafood rice, grilled seafood, grilled octopus, baked chicken, baked cod, foie, Iberian ham, fresh cheeses, fish and shellfish, seafood stews and rice dishes. Galician cheeses of low maturity, fatty and of characteristic acidity (Cebreiro, Arzúa-Ulloa, San Simón…).