The Virgen del  Galir winery was founded in 2002 in a valley of the Galir river, in Éntoma, a small village in Orense, Galicia, Northern Spain. The “Camino de Santiago” crosses through this village in the Valdeorras DO, and this semi-forgotten region has extraordinary vineyards. Virgen del Galir owns 20 hectares of vineyards on practically as many plots, on a valley of the Galir river with an altitude over 600m. The ground is made up almost entirely of decomposed schist on terraces.

Maruxa, or Mary in English, is a Great Galician Name. She was the winery founders’ mother. The wine comes from our vineyards in the village of Éntoma, Valdeorras. We classify it as a village wine. Grapes used for Maruxa Godello are a selection from our vineyards in the village of Entoma, Regueiron, Valdemioto and O Serro. Soils in these high altitude vineyards with a 30% of inclination are mostly slate.