Fillaboa, which means “good daughter” in Galician, is the biggest estate on the Property Register of Pontevedra and one of the oldest in Galicia. Due to it’s border location in the municipality of Salvaterra de Miño, it caused continuous disputes between Portugal and Spain, until it was finally recovered by the Spanish Crown, after the last Portuguese occupation in the 18th century.

Fillaboa' vineyards are planted exclusively with the Albariño varietal. The Albariño grape is the native Galician varietal par excellence, however, legend tells that in reality it was the Benedictine Monks of Cluny, famous for their important contribution to the expansion of gothic art in Europe, who brought the grape to Galicia in the 12th century. In this Atlantic region, the order came upon the ideal conditions for growing the varietal, known today as Albariño, which they had brought from far away central European lands on the banks of the Rhin. Whatever the real story is, the Albariño vines and the wines they produce are a documented fact in Galicia since the Middle Ages, and today the Albariño grape is considered native of Galicia and it’s wines are emblematic of the rich gastronomic patrimony of the region.