Bodegas y Viñedos Rodrigo Méndez is a small project that was launched in 2012 by Rodrigo Méndez that focuses on wines from the village of Meaño, in the heart of the Salnés valley where Rodrigo was born. Covering 2,5 ha, Rodrigo works with stainless tanks and 600 and 225-litre oak barrels. He produces very limited bottlings a year, following old school organic methods of winemaking and vineyard management. The difference between these wines and Rodrigo's Forjas del Salnés project is akin to Burgundian village wine. Cíes is a village in Meaño that carries the same name as Rodrigo's entry-level white and red wine.
Cíes perfectly combines maturity and freshness. It is intense, mineral, vibrant, complex and with a lingering sensation on the palate.
Sálvora is the "grand cru"; "it is the best vineyard we have" - the vines are 115 years old, and the soils are limestone-rich spread across a 3,000 sq meters site. Rodrigo also makes rare wines such as the As Covas Pinot Noir and the O Santo do Mar.
