Abadía da Cova

Galicia, Spain

Abadía da Cova (Adegas Moure) is a family-run winery in O Saviñao, Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain, with roots tracing to the early 1900s when Baldomero Rodríguez returned from Cuba to plant vines on steep Miño River terraces. His grandson Pepe Moure founded the estate in 1958, pioneering bottled Albariño whites and orujo spirits amid smallholdings.

The fourth generation—siblings Paloma and Adrián Rodríguez Moure, plus cousin José Moure—took over in 2006, embracing organic farming on heroic slopes (up to 70% grade) of granite-slate soils. They helped establish the Ribeira Sacra DO in 1995, focusing on Godello, Mencía, and rare varieties like Merenzao via low-intervention methods: hand-harvest, indigenous yeasts, minimal SO₂.

Pedras Líquidas highlights estate Godello from micro-parcels; other stars include barrel-aged whites and structured reds expressing slatey minerality and river freshness. With wine tourism and grower partnerships, they champion sustainability in this UNESCO-aspiring landscape (~20,000 bottles/year)