Bodegas Castro Martin es una empresa familiar dedicada a la elaboración de vino «Albariño» de la más alta calidad. El edificio actual fue construido en 1981 e inaugurado con la cosecha del ’82. Construido por Domingo Martin-Morales, la bodega actualmente es administrada por su hija, Angela Martin.
As I have explained many times to friends and visitors alike, Galician weather is actually quite similar to UK weather, with the difference being that it is perhaps 4° or 5°C warmer at most times of year. One of the reasons for this similarity are the Atlantic weather systems which often clip the northwest corner […]
At Castro Martin you may have noticed the term ‘Sobre Lías’ on our labels, which translated means ‘on the lees’. The lees ageing of our wine forms an important part of our wine making process. The lees themselves are the exhausted or dead yeast cells that fall to the bottom of the tank once the […]
At this time of year (apart from the pruning) perhaps one of the most important jobs in the bodega is quite simply to taste the tanks. As I have mentioned many times before our 2022 wines are resting quietly on their lees, but even so it is vitally important to monitor their progress – like […]
