Pazo de Señorans

Marisol Bueno and Javier Mareque established Pazo de Señorans in 1979, bottling their first vintage a decade later in 1989. The estate is centered on a 16th-century pazo, the traditional Galician manor house, in the village of Meis within the Val do Salnés subzone. Marisol Bueno played a central role in the creation of the Rías Baixas Denominación de Origen in the late 1980s and served as its president from 1986 to 2007. The winery is now guided by the second generation, including Vicky Mareque Bueno.

• Founded 1979; first vintage 1989
• Based in a 16th-century Galician pazo in Meis, Val do Salnés
• Marisol Bueno was DO president for over two decades
• Second generation now leads the estate

The estate sits at elevations of 50 to 100 meters within a maritime temperate climate shaped by the Atlantic Ocean. Summers are cool, humidity is high, and annual rainfall reaches 1,500 to 1,700mm, creating conditions that demand careful canopy management. Soils are acidic and sandy, built on decomposed granite, xabre (the local term for granite bedrock breakdown), slate, and gravel. The 22 hectares of estate vineyards are complemented by fruit from over 160 local growers farming approximately 500 micro-parcels, all within roughly a 10-kilometer radius of the sea.

• Maritime climate with 1,500-1,700mm annual rainfall
• Soils of decomposed granite, xabre, slate, and gravel
• 22 estate hectares plus ~500 micro-parcels from 160+ growers
• Vineyards span a 10-kilometer radius near the Atlantic coast

All vines are trained on the traditional pergola system, known locally as the parral, which elevates the canopy to encourage air circulation and reduce disease pressure in the humid Atlantic climate. Fruit is hand-harvested in September and yields are kept low at approximately 25 to 30 hectolitres per acre, with the estate holding some of the oldest Albariño vines in the region. Winemaking centers on extended lees aging in stainless steel, a technique Pazo de Señorans pioneered for Albariño. The winery also produces distilled spirits using traditional Galician double-distillation methods.

• Vines trained on traditional pergola system for humidity management
• Hand-harvested each September at low yields of 25-30 hl/acre
• Pioneer of lees-aging technique for Albariño
• Traditional Galician double-distillation used for spirits production

The portfolio spans four distinct expressions, all 100% Albariño. The flagship Pazo Señorans accounts for roughly 250,000 bottles annually and is aged on lees in stainless steel. The Selección de Añada is a single-vineyard wine aged for 30 or more months on lees and represents the estate's top tier of complexity and age-worthiness. The Colección spends 30 months aging in bottle. The Tras los Muros is a limited-production, barrel-aged expression. The full range is exported to more than 45 countries worldwide.

• Pazo Señorans flagship: ~250,000 bottles, stainless steel lees aging
• Selección de Añada: single-vineyard, 30+ months on lees
• Colección: 30 months bottle aging
• Tras los Muros: limited production, barrel-aged