"Given the relative anonymity of Muradella’s wines on the world stage, Mateo’s key role in the renaissance of Spanish wine—and Galicia in particular—may surprise local readers. Regardless, the artisanal, vineyard driven model of winegrowing that Mateo has followed over the last 20+ years in the wild, remote terroirs of Monterrei on the edge of Galicia has blazed a trail that many of northern Spain’s new breed of exciting and dedicated wine growers have been able to follow.
The characteristics that made Mateo stand out so starkly at the height of Spanish viticulture’s industrial revolution...
