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Rural women, honored in a Galician wine

The wine from the rural woman It is already on the market and was born in Galician lands, a Spanish territory in which traditionally the figure of women in the countryside has been notable. On the occasion of International Day of Rural Women last October 15, the Ronsel do Sil winery, Framed in the Ribeira Sacra PDO, he presented Muller Strain. In a bottle of the Mencía variety, this name pays homage to the feminine role so deeply rooted in the region. Here we tell you more about what this great wine product with a special label looks like.

Special link with the Ribeira Sacra

In the town of Ourense known as Sil stop the winery family that has made its wine a reality is located Muller Strain limited edition. Represents the rural woman but with a very successful comparison, linking the roots of Galician women as deep as the vines of the vineyards of the Ribeira Sacra. A famous wine growing area in Galicia for its plantations on the mountain slopes. We already talked to you a while ago about what the vintage in these geographical conditions.

That job admirable and heroic from which excellent bottles are born, it can be combined with the strength, sensitivity, perseverance and even the authenticity that it expresses Muller Strain. It is nothing more than a faithful reflection of one of its creators who has made this tribute wine possible: María José Yravedra, owner of Ronsel do Sil. Located on a privileged plot in the Sil canyons, the Galician winery has thus wanted to recognize the work of women dedicated to the agricultural sector.

The data ONU encrypt rural women who work as farmers, wage earners and entrepreneurs in a quarter of the population world. A fact to take into account about the presence of the female gender in the field, whether in direct or indirect work.

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Bottle of Muller Cepa / Photo: ronseldosil

This is Muller Cepa, the wine of rural women

Already from his label represents a figure closely related to this theme because it is inspired by the dancer Martha Graham and the story of Syringa from Ovid's Metamorphoses. If you do not know this last story, we recommend you take a look at Virtual Cervantes to discover it. What the woman who is drawn with both characters wants to reflect is a symbiosis between the terroir and the vineyard.

As for the inside of the bottle, it is a wine from the grape variety Mencía that has come out of clusters of centuries-old vines. Aged for eight months in French oak barrels, it offers a medium layer purple color and its graduation is 12,5% ​​by volume.

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Homage label to rural women / Photo: ronseldosil

In total, they have been obtained 644 bottles of Muller Cepa, a wine product that wants to represent the personality of the rural woman. You can now buy it in the store itself online from the winery! It can be an excellent gift for those women who are dedicated to the agricultural sector in one way or another.

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