Anónimas Viticultoras - Rías Baixas, Ribeira Sacra, & Valdeorras
Anónimas Viticultoras is the project of winemakers Cris Yagüe Cuevas and Maria Falcón. Based in Rias Baixas, where Cris has made wine for many years, and where Maria's family has done so for generations, they also source fruit from around Galicia. Fresh and elegant wines. In Cris' words, “Anónimas is a project from the vine to the consumer, a tribute to the anonymous women that should have had their place in history and were never recognized. We collaborate with other women in the world of winegrowers, winemakers, and enologists to make these personal wines.”
Anónimas Os Dunares Albariño Atlántico 2023
100% Albariño from 30-year-old vines, less than a mile from the ria (ocean).
Winemaking: 10-hour cold maceration prior to cool neutral yeast fermentation. Four months lees aging in stainless before bottling. No malolactic fermentation.
Production: 1,250 cases
Anónimas Os Dunares Tinto Atlántico 2022
95% Mencía/5% Caíño, less than a mile from the ria (ocean). Thirty-year-old vines.
Winemaking: Cool fermentation. Five months lees aging in stainless before bottling.
Production: 700 bottles (168 bottles imported)
Anónimas Os Dunares Caíño Atlántico 2022
100% Caíño Tinto from a tiny 150-year-old organic vineyard.
Winemaking: Destemmed, whole berry fermentation. Gentle pump overs, berries never crushed (“like extracting tea”). Slow, cold fermentation. Aged 5 months in Stainless Steel (50%) and used French Oak (50%).
Production: 900 bottles (336 bottles imported)
Anónimas Dunaria Caíño Rosado Atlántico 2022
85% Caíño Tinto from 150-year-old ungrafted vines and 15% Mencía from a 35-year-old one row parcel. Both parcels are located in the Concello of Cambados.
Winemaking: Direct to press. Stainless fermented and aged. Aged on lees, with occasional bâtonnage, until bottling in the Spring. Owing to good maturity and warm winter temperatures, the wine underwent malolactic fermentation.
Production: 700 bottles (204 bottles imported)
Anónimas Catro e Cadela Godello 2022
100% Godello from vines averaging 20-60 years old on the south facing, right bank of the river Sil in Valdeorras.
Winemaking: Destemmed and lightly crushed. Cold maceration and fall of the free-run juice. Fermentation with neutral yeast to favor the expression of the grape variety. Aging on the fine lees in stainless (80%) and used French oak (20%) for 5 months.
Production: 380 cases
Anónimas Catro e Cadela Mencía 2022
100% Mencia from vines averaging 50 years old in the Chantada sub-zone of Ribeira Sacra.
Winemaking: Destemmed and lightly crushed. Fermentation at 75F, 3-week maceration with occasional pump overs and punch downs. Aged in stainless steel for 8 months.
Production: 580 cases
Instagram: @anonimas.wines
Professional Reviews
Decanter 96 - Anónimas Os Dunares Caíño Atlántico 2020
Anónimas is a project founded by Cristina Yagüe Cuevas and Maria Falcón, the aim being to pay tribute to all those anonymous women whose input into the wine industry was never recognised. Os Dunares (‘the dunes’) is from a tiny, 200-year-old organic vineyard in Rías Baixas, organically farmed in very shallow granitic sand on a bedrock of granite, in the cool and wet Atlantic-facing Salnés climate.
Sarah Jane Evans MW: Penetrating crisp acidity (a fine counterpoint to the weighty wines further south and east). It’s dark, with brambles, blackcurrant and wild herbs. Lovely.
Christine Allen: Blueberry, violet, Turkish delight and sweet beetroot. It has a lively and engaging palate, with bright florals, lovely spice and crunchy blueberry on the finish.
Beth Willard: Delicate red berries on the nose, with milk chocolate notes. An elegant and fresh palate. Perfectly managed tannin with just the right amount of grip.
