With a twinkle in his eye and a soft hum to his voice, Lorenzo Gómez looks proudly at his cousin’s son, Eulogio Pomares, Locho as he adoringly calls him, and gushes in admiration for what has has become of his spectacular 40+ year old “Francón” vineyard, under Locho’s care and meticulous attention.

It was just before the first 2018 Pedraneira harvest that famed Albariño whisperer, Eulogio “Locho” Pomares, convinced his dear cousin Lorenzo to let Francón’s singular vineyard tucked away on a waterfront plot an islet in the Castreló district of Rías Baixas become his muse. You see until then, Lorenzo’s 2.5 ha plot had been under contract with a neighboring winery, Pazo Señorans, and blended into some of their most spectacular productions of Selección de Añada. But Lorenzo knew this vineyard was special and Eulogio finally made him an offer he couldn’t refuse - so with the fruits of one and the labor of the other, these cousins produce this vintage driven, coastal influenced, single vineyard Pedraneira Albariño.

The air is bright with light and the wind rustles gently here, there is a peaceful calm to the quiet.