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Top-rated Albariño

Every wine

The highest-rated Albariño bottlings we have reviewed, one per producer.

4.9 Rías Baixas Do Ferreiro Cepas Vellas Bodegas Gerardo Méndez / Do Ferreiro 4.9 Rías Baixas Leirana Finca Genoveva Bodegas Forjas del Salnés 4.9 Rías Baixas Pazo Señoráns Selección de Añada Pazo de Señoráns

Region by region

Where Albariño is made

1 regions, with their best Albariño bottles and the estates that make them.

Wine and cheese

Cheese with Albariño

Every cheese
Queso Tetilla Our pick Tetilla is milky, creamy and mildly salty. Young dry Albariño, unoaked and raised on its lees in steel, brings high acidity that lifts the milk fat without covering the soft paste, and its fresh fruit suits a cheese sold young. Dry Albariño (Val do Salnés or Condado), Rías Baixas: Pazo Señoráns Albariño · Zárate Albariño · Albariño de Fefiñanes
Arzúa-Ulloa Our pick Fresh Arzúa-Ulloa is lactic, slightly acid and lightly salted, with butter and yogurt notes. The high acidity of young, unoaked Albariño echoes that lactic edge and keeps the soft, buttery paste from feeling heavy. Dry Albariño, Rías Baixas: Leirana Albariño · Do Ferreiro Albariño · Zárate Albariño
Arzúa-Ulloa Curado Our pick The aged cheese is salty and mostly buttery, with light vanilla and nut notes in a compact paste. Albariño left two years or more on its lees gains honeyed citrus, full body and a long saline finish, enough weight to stand beside it. Lees-aged Albariño, Rías Baixas: Pazo Señoráns Selección de Añada · Albariño de Fefiñanes III Año · Pazo de Barrantes La Comtesse
San Simón da Costa Our pick San Simón is mild and creamy, smoked over birch, with a touch of spice. A zero-dosage sparkling Albariño with 24 months on lees brings high acidity and bubbles that clear the palate between bites, with no sweetness to fight the smoke. Traditional-method Albariño brut nature, Rías Baixas: Mar de Frades Brut Nature Albariño
Cebreiro Our pick Fresh Cebreiro is white, clay-like and milky with a slight acidity. Albariño kept longer on its lees, without oak, gains weight and a rounder texture to meet the dense, milky paste, and its high acidity answers the cheese's tang. Albariño sobre lías, Rías Baixas: Do Ferreiro Cepas Vellas · Zárate Tras da Viña · Nanclares y Prieto Dandelion
Requeixo Our pick Requeixo is unsalted, milky and spoonable, usually eaten as a dessert with honey or sugar. A zero-dosage sparkling Albariño with high acidity clears the palate; keep the honey light so the sweetness does not make the wine taste sharp. Albariño brut nature sparkling, Rías Baixas: Mar de Frades Brut Nature Albariño

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