Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
The classical Salnes Albariño that has carried the same Fefiñanes label since 1928: lemon-and-saline core, just enough lees-derived weight to stay long on the finish.
Cuvées
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The barrel-fermented Fefiñanes Albariño named after the year the Palacio was built in Cambados: oak-shaded peach and almond, still the saline Salnes core.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Three years on the lees turns Salnes Albariño into something closer to aged Riesling: honeyed citrus, dried herbs and a long saline lift that proves the variety ages.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Gerardo Méndez's classical Salnes Albariño: bright lemon, granite minerality, the standard-setter for the variety.
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.
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The prestige Granbazán bottling named for the 16th-century admiral: selected old-vine fruit, longer ageing, more weight.
La Mar
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Terras Gauda's barrel-fermented Caíño Blanco-dominant cuvée: one of the few wines in DO Rías Baixas led by the variety.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
The Galician outpost of Grupo La Rioja Alta in O Rosal: a classical Albariño with bright lemon and Atlantic salinity, widely exported.
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 · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The single-estate Finca Valiñas bottling: the serious sibling to the blue-label, lees-aged from the home estate in Meis.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The cooperative's prestige bottling: late-harvest Albariño with noble-rot complexity, made only in vintages when the botrytis arrives clean on the Salnes ría.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
The reference young Pazo de Señoráns Albariño: white peach and fennel over a Salnes mineral base, with the texture of a producer that pioneered lees ageing in the DO.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The wine that proved Albariño ages: 30-plus months on the lees before release, produced only in vintages with the structure to develop.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
The classical Pazo de Barrantes Albariño from the 1511-built family pazo in Ribadumia: lemon, stone fruit, weight from lees.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
From the 1.4-hectare Cacheiro plot planted in 1965: extended ageing on lees, the prestige aged Albariño of the Barrantes range.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
The flagship O Rosal triblend: Albariño with Loureiro's florality and Caíño Blanco's acid frame, the producer's emblem.
Tricó Albariño
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The age-worthy Tricó Albariño: 10 hectares of granite-and-sand Condado do Tea fruit, extended lees-ageing, designed to develop.
Zárate Albariño
4.7
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Eulogio Pomares' classical Salnes Albariño from family parcels in Meaño: lemon and saline, with the texture of seven generations of Salnes farming.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
Zárate's single-vineyard Caíño Tinto from old family parcels: lean, peppery, an Atlantic red with grip.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The single-vineyard Tras da Viña from a hillside plot behind the family pazo: more weight, more salinity, longer tail.