4 natural spots in Rías Baixas, editor-picked by Cork & Curve. All dietary guides in Rías Baixas.
Adegas Albamar ★ 4.6
Castrelo, Cambados · Lugar Castrelo 7, 36634 Cambados, Pontevedra, Spain
Xurxo Alba at Adegas Albamar is one of only a handful of Rias Baixas bodegas, around 2 percent, fermenting Albarino with native yeasts at serious scale.
Tip: Albamar is the natural-leaning Salnes producer to know, with native-yeast fermentation across the range. The wines are sold through specialist natural-wine merchants.
Forjas del Salnes Goliardo native reds ★ 4.7
Meano, Val do Salnes · Lugar Cambeiro 21, 36968 Meano, Pontevedra, Spain
Rodrigo Mendez at Forjas del Salnes recovered nearly lost native red varieties (Caino Tinto, Espadeiro, Loureiro Tinto, Sousón, Brancellao) from a handful of old-vine survivors his late grandfather Francisco had kept.
Tip: Goliardo Caino Tinto and Goliardo Tintos de Mar are the cult-status bottlings; production is tiny and allocation tight.
Nanclares y Prieto natural Albarino ★ 4.6
Castrelo, Cambados · Lugar de Castrelo 79, 36634 Cambados, Pontevedra, Spain
Nanclares y Prieto sit at the natural-wine end of the Salnes producer roster. Twelve parcels of biodynamic-practising Albarino are fermented with indigenous yeasts in separate parcel lots, sulfites are kept low, and bottling is without fining. The seaweed-and-grape-stalk compost is the producer's signature contribution to the natural-wine vocabulary in Rias Baixas.
Tip: The Dandelion parcel-specific Albarino is the natural-wine reference bottling from the partnership.
Lagar da Costa Albarino Natural ★ 4.4
Vilanova de Arousa, Val do Salnes · Praia das Sinas 19, 36626 Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, Spain
Sonia and Manuel Costa's Lagar da Costa Albarino Natural is the family bodega's first natural-wine bottling, fermented spontaneously with wild yeasts and bottled unfined, unfiltered and sulphite-free.
Tip: The Lagar da Costa Natural is the rare zero-additive Albarino from a serious family producer; production volumes are small.