Santiago Ruiz

The Ruiz family has been making wines in Galicia since the 1860s, but it was Santiago Ruiz who took the company from strength to strength in the 1980s and pioneered modern winemaking in the region, installing the first ever stainless-steel tanks. The Santiago Ruiz vineyards cover 38 hectares and are located in O Rosal, the most southerly of the Rías Baixas sub-zones which enjoys more sunlight hours and lower rainfall than the rest of the region. Today, Luisa Freire is at the winemaking helm and makes clean and expressive white wines that reflect the unique sense of place of O Rosal.