Coto de Gomariz - Ribeiro The Flower and the Bee 'La Flor y La Abeja' 2024

Coto de Gomariz began with Ricardo Carreiro Ameijeiras’s return to his native Galicia after years in South America. His ambition was to restore the family’s vineyards and revive the reputation of Gomariz, a historic winegrowing village in Ribeiro. In 1978, Ricardo and his wife, María Álvarez, recovered O Figueiral, the vineyard that became the foundation of the estate, replanting native grape varieties and gradually restoring other family parcels. 

Situated in Leiro, in the Avia River valley of Ourense, Gomariz belongs to a landscape shaped by centuries of wine production. Medieval monasteries helped develop Ribeiro’s vineyards, terraces, and cellars, establishing wine as an important part of the region’s economy. The estate’s labels bear the phrase “Dende o Século X”—“since the tenth century”—a reference to the area’s winegrowing heritage.

A new chapter began in 2000, when Ricardo’s son, Ricardo Carreiro Álvarez, joined the project and the present winery was built. Alongside its whites, the estate helped renew interest in Ribeiro’s native red varieties and age-worthy red wines. Its approach centers on understanding individual vineyard parcels and vinifying them separately to preserve their distinctive character. 

The vineyards encompass clay, schist, and sandy granite soils, supporting a diverse collection of Galician grapes. Whites include Treixadura, Godello, Albariño, and Loureira, while reds feature Sousón, Brancellao, Ferrol, and Mencía. Since 2004, vineyard management has incorporated organic and biodynamic principles alongside soil-conservation ideas inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka; the winery describes these practices as uncertified. 

Today, Ricardo Carreiro Álvarez continues his parents’ work. In 2026, he announced a renewed emphasis on smaller production, stricter selection, and wines with a clearly recognizable origin—an evolution that brings the estate’s focus back to the vineyards and the family project that began at O Figueiral.

"The very young varietal white 2024 The Flower And The Bee Treixadura is faintly reductive but opens up in the glass and shows clean and expressive, with herbal notes and hints of flowers and white fruit. The grapes achieved good ripeness, and the wine has 13% alcohol, with a pH of 3.29 and 5.81 grams of acidity, coming through as balanced. This is the entry-level varietal range produced in white and red. It's tasty and clean with some ripe notes in the finish. 70,000 bottles were produced. It was bottled in March 2025." - 91+ Points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Producer: Coto de Gomariz

Country: Spain

Region: Galicia

Varietal: Treixadura

Appellation: Ribeiro

Vintage: 2024

Size: 750ml