Wine region
Ribeira Sacra
Ribeira Sacra is a wine region in Spain, home to 27 wineries, known for Mencía.
Ribeira Sacra at a glance: known for Mencía.
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Characteristic grapes
Ribeira Sacra is best known for Mencía.
Wine profile
113 distinct Ribeira Sacra wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
Representative Ribeira Sacra wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- A Chingao Vineyards & Envinate — Misturado de Abeleda
- Aba Solleira — Mencia
- Adega Cachin — Peza do Rei Blanco
- Adega Cachin — Peza do Rei Tinto
- Adega Damm — Ribeira Sacra
- Adega Damm — Ribeira Sacra
- Albamar — Ribeira Sacra
- Albamar — Ribeira Sacra
Spain wine designations
- DO
- Denominación de Origen is a Spanish traditional term for wine protected as a DOP that also satisfies additional national requirements.
- DOCa
- Denominación de Origen Calificada is a Spanish traditional DOP term requiring all Denominación de Origen conditions plus additional controls.
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- Vino de calidad de
- Vino de calidad de is a Spanish traditional term that may appear on eligible wine protected by a DOP.
- VP
- Vino de Pago is a Spanish traditional DOP term for wine from a named rural site with distinctive soil and microclimate characteristics.
- VT
- Vino de la Tierra is the Spanish traditional term used for wine protected by an IGP.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
FAQs
- Where is Ribeira Sacra?
- Ribeira Sacra is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) ( Denominación de Orixe Protexida in Galician ) for wines located in the south of the province of Lugo and in the north of the province of Ourense , in Galicia , Spain .
- Which grapes are associated with Ribeira Sacra?
- Ribeira Sacra is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Mencía. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Ribeira Sacra wines mean?
- DO: Denominación de Origen is a Spanish traditional term for wine protected as a DOP that also satisfies additional national requirements. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Ribeira Sacra?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Ribeira Sacra wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Ribeira Sacra?
- The current regional catalogue contains 113 linked wines from 27 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.