Bodegas Pentecostés

The village of Gondomar forms a little island of DO Rías Baixas that sticks out above the rest of the O Rosal subzone. Gondomar was the hometown of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar and one of the most renowned Spanish diplomats of the 17th century, who shipped wine from his properties to London, where it caught on with King James I and his chancellor Sir Francis Bacon. Over the years, the winemaking tradition here gradually waned, but in 2017 local businessman Alberto Cabaco decided to start a winery in Gondomar. He bought land, planted vines, and brought Jorge Marcote on as winemaker. Bodegas Pentecostés farms three estates located in Gondomar, surrounding two traditional Galician pazos (manor houses): Pazo Barreiro, a 17th-century manor house, and Pazo de Moldes, also known as Pousa de San Blas, which dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries.