Winery / Producer: Dominio do Bibei (Prestigious artisanal cult winery located in the municipality of Quiroga; an absolute global benchmark in the production of distinctive wines with minimal intervention, animal traction, meticulous manual harvests, and a sacred respect for the landscape).

Specific Origin: Bibei river canyons, steep terraced slopes in D.O. Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain.

Varietal Composition: Primarily Godello, masterfully complemented by Albariño and Treixadura from old vines between 15 and 100 years old.

Terroir and Identity: Markedly mineral soils composed of decomposed slate, quartz, and granitic schist. The altitude of the vineyards (between 400 and 750 meters) combined with the continental climate with a strong Atlantic influence favors a slow and perfect maturation of the clusters, preserving a monumental acidity.

Winemaking and Aging: Selective manual harvest in small crates. Destemming and gentle pneumatic pressing. Fermentation is carried out separately using indigenous yeasts in used 600, 1200, and 2400-liter French oak foudres, as well as in concrete tanks. It undergoes noble aging on its fine lees for 11 months with controlled bâtonnage. It rests for an additional period in stainless steel and prolonged bottle refinement before commercial release.

Style: Age-worthy white, dry, full-bodied, rich, intensely mineral, complex, Atlantic, and supremely aristocratic.

Alcohol Content: 13.5% Vol. (Perfectly integrated into the unctuous volume of the liquid).

Capacity: 750 ml elegantly designed artisanal bottle.

SKU: ESP-BIBEI-LAPOLA-750

Appearance: It exhibits a beautiful bright straw yellow color with subtle golden highlights and clean greenish nuances. It shows an elegant and dense glyceric tear that slowly coats the glass.

Nose: Astonishingly complex, fine, and aristocratic aromatic impact. It opens with distinguished notes of ripe white and stone fruit (pear, white peach, baked apple) escorted by citrus nuances of grapefruit peel and candied lemon. Upon aeration, a superb balsamic bouquet of wild fennel, white field flowers, nutmeg, and an unforgettable mineral background evoking damp slate and hints of fine bakery unfolds.

Palate: Its entry is imposing, broad, and enveloping, manifesting a rich volume and superb buttery unctuousness contributed by its aging on lees. On the mid-palate, it is dense and structured but immediately balanced by a vertical, crisp, and saline acidity that gives it majestic dynamism. Its finish is extremely long, dry, vertical, and full of mineral persistence.

Precision Gastronomic Pairing: Due to its imposing body, silky texture, and marked Atlantic minerality, Lapola is a top-tier gastronomic wine. It is the supreme ally for complex gourmet seafood: grilled lobster, spider crabs, large prawns, and sautéed geoduck. It harmonizes excellently with oily and structured fish, baked or in sauce (turbot, cod "al pil-pil," salmon with herb crust, or hake in green sauce). Its unctuousness masterfully cuts through the noble fat of fine white meats (truffled poultry breasts, roast suckling pig), seafood rice dishes, and aged or creamy cheeses such as Brie or Camembert. In contemporary Mexican gastronomy, it creates superb accords with chiles en nogada, grilled fish "zarandeado," grilled octopus with dried chili marinade, and light green moles.

Suggested Moments:

• High-Level Business Lunches: Proposing a cult wine from heroic viticulture like Lapola immediately demonstrates a selective criterion, advanced wine culture, and absolute refinement, ideal for sealing strategic business agreements.
• High-End Romantic Dinner: Its deep, changing, and supremely sensual aromatic profile dresses the table in elegance, creating an atmosphere of great finesse to enjoy alongside a seafood menu by candlelight.
• Selected Special Celebration: The perfect label to commemorate memorable personal or professional milestones: significant anniversaries, high-level career promotions, life achievements, or intimate wedding banquets, toasting with a hidden gem from Ribeira Sacra.
• Gourmet Family Meal (The Weekend Feast): Elevates Sunday lunch, becoming the ideal companion for seafood paellas, creamy risottos, whole baked fish, or roasted poultry, delighting the most demanding family members.
• Gourmet Barbecue (The Grill White): Dare to break paradigms by serving this structured white chilled alongside the grill. Its volume and subtle richness cleanse the palate when accompanying pork cuts like pork belly, cedar-plank salmon, grilled bone marrow, or smoked provola cheeses.
• Exclusive Summer and Luxury Sunsets: Enjoyed at its ideal temperature during a warm outdoor afternoon on a fine terrace or private garden. Its vibrant mineral tension provides a sophisticated, fresh, and immensely pleasant long drink.
• The Distinguished Gift for Oenophiles and Collectors: A highly coveted bottle by sommeliers and cultured enthusiasts who appreciate distinctive, artisanal, and limited-production wines from Galicia. A gift that denotes absolute care in selection.

What is the optimal serving temperature for Lapola White Wine?

As a white wine with great structure, body, and complex work on lees, it should not be served excessively cold to prevent low temperatures from dulling its refined fruity and mineral aromas. The ideal serving temperature is between 10°C and 12°C (50°F and 54°F).

What does it mean for a wine to come from 'heroic viticulture'?

Heroic viticulture refers to that practiced under extreme topographical conditions. In Ribeira Sacra, Dominio do Bibei's vineyards are planted on slopes with vertical inclines of up to 70%. This completely prevents the use of industrial machinery, forcing all pruning, care, and harvesting to be done strictly by hand, transporting the crates on shoulders or using old rail systems.

Does this white wine from D.O. Ribeira Sacra have aging potential in the bottle?

Yes, outstandingly so. The impeccable natural acidity of Godello combined with the Atlantic freshness of Albariño and the rich volume from lees aging gives Lapola a magnificent capacity for evolution. Stored under optimal light and temperature conditions, it will gain in finesse, mellowness, and mineral complexity over the next 3 to 5 years.

Why are large foudres used instead of small new barrels?

Dominio do Bibei winery seeks to highlight the purity of the terroir and the minerality of the slate. Large format foudres (over 600 liters) and ovoid concrete tanks allow for noble micro-oxygenation that polishes the texture and naturally stabilizes the wine's lees, without imparting the invasive woody, toasted, or vanilla notes typically left by small new oak barrels.