Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Albamar's single-vineyard Pepe Luis: the most concentrated natural-leaning Salnes Albariño from Xurxo Alba's project.
Cuvées
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.
Attis Embaixador
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Attis Embaixador: the single-vineyard prestige Albariño from Bodegas Attis.
Attis Mar
4.4
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Attis Mar: the saline-leaning Salnes Albariño cuvée from coastal-edge parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Castro Martín's prestige A2O bottling: extended lees-ageing on selected old-vine Salnes Albariño.
Contraaparede
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Adega Eidos' prestige extended-ageing Contraaparede: 24-plus months on lees, Padriñán Albariño at its most age-driven.
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.
Eiral
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Eiral: Pablo Padín's prestige extended-lees Albariño from selected Salnes fruit.
Fillaboa 1898
4.6
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Fillaboa 1898: a barrel-fermented Condado do Tea Albariño named for the year the estate's historic bridge was built.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The single-vineyard Finca Monte Alto bottling from Fillaboa: extended lees-ageing on fruit from the estate's named hill plot.
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.
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 · Elegant
La Val's single-vineyard Finca Arantei: lees-aged Condado do Tea Albariño from the named home parcel.
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
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.
Nora da Neve
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Nora da Neve: the prestige barrel-fermented Albariño from Viña Nora, with extended lees-ageing in French oak.
Pazo Piñeiro
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Pazos de Lusco's single-vineyard Pazo Piñeiro from a small old-vine plot: the concentrated step-up to the flagship Lusco.
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 · 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 · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
The barrel-aged Pedralonga: oak-shaded biodynamic Salnes Albariño with weight and length.
Prime Albariño
4.4
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Prime: the lees-aged step-up bottling from Paco & Lola, sourced from older Salnes parcels.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Quinta de Couselo's prestige Selección bottling: extended lees-ageing on selected old-vine Albariño fruit.
Sanamaro
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Pazo San Mauro's prestige Sanamaro bottling: a lees-aged Albariño-Treixadura blend from selected old-vine fruit.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Adega Eidos' step-up Veigas de Padriñán bottling: longer lees-ageing on fruit from named Padriñán plots.
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.
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.