The 2018 Escolma represents Luis Rodriguez’s masterwork from Ribeiro’s finest grapesultra-low-yielding old-vine Treixadura from granite terraces near Arnoia, fermented and aged in new and semi-new oak barrels with extended lees contact. Released four years after harvest, this vintage has developed remarkable complexity and structure. Rodriguez has been quietly revolutionizing Ribeiro since 1988, proving that these once nearly extinct native grapes can produce sophisticated, age-worthy wines of genuine distinction.