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 · 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.
Attis Embaixador
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Attis Embaixador: the single-vineyard prestige Albariño from Bodegas Attis.
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 · 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 · High acidity · Elegant
La Val's single-vineyard Finca Arantei: lees-aged Condado do Tea Albariño from the named home parcel.
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 · 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 · 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.
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
From the 1.4-hectare Cacheiro plot planted in 1965: extended ageing on lees, the prestige aged Albariño of the Barrantes range.
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.