Albamar Albariño
4.6
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Xurxo Alba's natural-leaning Salnes Albariño from Castrelo, Cambados: native yeast, minimal sulphites, all the Salnes salinity intact.
Cuvées
Albamar Fusco
4.6
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Funky · Refreshing
Albamar's unsulphured Fusco bottling: zero added sulphites, the most natural-end Albariño in the range.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Albamar's single-vineyard Pepe Luis: the most concentrated natural-leaning Salnes Albariño from Xurxo Alba's project.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Alberto Nanclares' minimal-intervention Salnes Albariño: the natural-leaning benchmark from a 5-hectare patchwork in Cambados parishes.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
From a 1.5-hectare plot of pre-phylloxera vines on sandy granite: arguably the iconic vineyard-designate Albariño of Rías Baixas.
Fulcro Albariño
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Manuel Moldes' minimal-intervention Salnes Albariño from Vilalonga (Sanxenxo): native yeasts, the modern natural-leaning template.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Fulcro O Equilibrista: Manuel Moldes' single-vineyard prestige bottling, concrete-aged on fine lees.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
The single-vineyard Caíño Tinto from A Telleira parcel: the most concentrated and structured of the Forjas reds.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury
Salnes Caíño Tinto bottled with serious intent: high-acid Atlantic red with red-cherry, pepper and a saline mineral edge from the sea-side parcels.
Leirana Albariño
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Rodrigo Méndez's entry Salnes Albariño from old-vine Meaño parcels: lemon verbena and salinity, the natural-leaning template of modern Salnes.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Forjas del Salnés' single-vineyard from the Finca Genoveva plot: foudre-aged, mineral-driven, the cult vineyard-designate Albariño of the Salnés coast.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The Dandelion single-vineyard from Nanclares y Prieto: a small parral-trained Cambados plot worked to natural-leaning ends.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Soverribas: the sibling single-vineyard from Nanclares y Prieto, from a higher-elevation parral parcel.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Adega Pedralonga's biodynamic-aligned Salnes Albariño from Caldas de Reis: no chemical corrections, no filtration, lunar-phase work.
Zárate Balado
4.7
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The Balado single-vineyard sister to Tras da Viña: cooler, herbal, taut.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
Zárate's single-vineyard Caíño Tinto from old family parcels: lean, peppery, an Atlantic red with grip.