Cuvées

Albariño de Fefiñanes III Año

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Bodegas del Palacio de FefiñanesRías Baixas€€€€€€€€Still White

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.

Contraaparede

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Adega EidosRías Baixas€€€€€€€€Still White

Adega Eidos' prestige extended-ageing Contraaparede: 24-plus months on lees, Padriñán Albariño at its most age-driven.

Martín Códax Gallaecia

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Bodegas Martín CódaxRías Baixas€€€€€€€€Still White

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.

Pazo Señoráns Selección de Añada

4.9

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Pazo de SeñoránsRías Baixas€€€€€€€€Still White

The wine that proved Albariño ages: 30-plus months on the lees before release, produced only in vintages with the structure to develop.

Pazo de Barrantes La Comtesse

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Pazo de BarrantesRías Baixas€€€€€€€€Still White

From the 1.4-hectare Cacheiro plot planted in 1965: extended ageing on lees, the prestige aged Albariño of the Barrantes range.

Tricó Albariño

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Compañía de Vinos TricóRías Baixas€€€€€€€Still White

The age-worthy Tricó Albariño: 10 hectares of granite-and-sand Condado do Tea fruit, extended lees-ageing, designed to develop.