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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2018 (based on 83 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.1 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 16 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by LFCHALA on 7/18/2017 & rated 88 points: Correct. Fresh (911 views) | | | Tasted by preid on 7/5/2017 & rated 89 points: Good albarino. (111 views) | | | Tasted by SiR on 4/12/2017 & rated 87 points: 2.5% - Clear, med green lemon / clean, med intensity - stone fruit, citrus, honeysuckle, bitter almonds / dry, med refreshing acidity, med- body, med intensity, med to short length. Drank over a few days, this bottle was much better than last bottle, more expressive. (887 views) | | | Tasted by Slics on 4/5/2017 & rated 88 points: Moderate intense nose of citrous peach and herbaceous overtones med body with med+ acid. Good and good value. (926 views) | | | Tasted by SiR on 3/21/2017 & rated 86 points: 12.5% - Clear, med green lemon / clean, med to low intensity - citrus, tropical fruit, lactose / dry, med acidity, med to light body, med to low intensity, med to short length. Remained crisp and refreshing over 5 days, but I preferred the Lolo label from the same producer. (870 views) | | | Tasted by OmiyaDrinker on 1/26/2017 & rated 89 points: Medium, lemon green appearance. Medium nose of pear, green apple, a little butter and cream and a touch of toast from the oak. Light body, medium acidity, very salty characteristic, medium finish with tangy pear drop. (1014 views) | | | Tasted by HR01 on 1/23/2017 & rated 85 points: Crisp, clean, good structure, minerally with wonderful hints of fruit. An excellent example of an Albarino. Hot day, ice bucket, relax... (408 views) | | | Tasted by FFFF on 1/14/2017: LEGER, frais presque pétillant.
BU avec morue sauce poivron et pois chiche de 3 fois par jour
Excellent fleural (413 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 1/11/2017 & rated 86 points: Simple, minéral et léger, pour environ 16$ c'est bien.
Surtout sur les citrons avec une légère amertume, finale de longueur moyenne. (491 views) | | | Tasted by mn47 on 1/11/2017 & rated 83 points: Un vin qui, à mon avis, s'apparente au vermouth. Vraiment pas dans ma palette. (508 views) | | | Tasted by Derek Darth Taster on 12/5/2016 & rated 90 points: Pop and poured. At home.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Thin legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of saline minerality, white peaches, citrus lemon, white floral honeysuckle, slight vanillin.
On the palate, dry, crackling high acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium body. Medium flavour intensity, with flavours of saline minerality, rich white peaches, citrus lemon, slight honeysuckle. Long salty finish with ?lees creaminess.
Very good quality. The best Albarino I have had so far. Not too intense, as unoaked style should be, but with good depth of fruit flavour, yet so elegant. One sip leads to another. Drink fresh for best enjoyment.
Totally recommending an Albarino for my wife's seafood tapas dinner in a few days' time. (573 views) | | | Tasted by FransS on 10/15/2016 & rated 87 points: The Albarino grape is family of the Riesling, so there is a good ripe acidity, some tension and a tight body, good, pure and balanced wine. (327 views) | | | Tasted by Gian on 8/14/2016 & rated 85 points: Yellow straw color, mineral , crispy acidity, savory, good to pair with fish (592 views) |
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| Paco y Lola producer websiteAlbariño Varietal character (Appellation America)
Albariño (Galician pronunciation: [albaˈɾiːɲo]) or Alvarinho (Portuguese: [alvaˈɾiːɲo]) is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia (northwest Spain) and Monção (northwest Portugal), where it is used to make varietal white wines.
Albariño is actually the Galician name for the grape, with Albarín Blanco an occasional synonym. In Portugal it is known as Alvarinho, and sometimes as Cainho Branco. [1]
It was presumably brought to Iberia by Cluny monks in the twelfth century. Its name "Alba-Riño" means "the white from Rhine" and it has locally been thought to be a Riesling clone originating from the Alsace region of France, although earliest known records of Riesling as a grape variety date from the 15th, rather than the 12th, century. It is also theorized that the grape is a close relative of the French grape Petit Manseng. [2]
It should not be confused with the Alvarinho Liláz grape of Madeira.Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.GaliciaGalicia is an autonomous region in the northwestern corner of Spain, north of Portugal. It is marked by an atlantic climate with frequent rain and moderate temperatures, especially along the coastal regions. There are five Denominación de Origen (DO) areas: Monterrei, Rías Baixas, Ribeira Sacra, Ribeiro and Valdeorras. Probably the best known wines are the Albariño wines from Rias Baixas, but all regions have seen increased interest in recent years. There has been also a notable resurgence of local grapes, like Godello, Treixadura or Loureiro.
Rías BaixasThe Rías Baixas (Galician for "Lower Rias") are the Atlantic facing southern a part of Costa del Marisco in the Galicia region of Spain. They consist of the southern part of the Province of Coruña and the entire Province of Pontevedra. To the South the Rias Baixas border the Portuguese coast, and ends at Cape Finisterre to the North. The Rías Baixas appellation began in 1980 on October 11 when the Denominación Específica Albariño was legally established and recognised by the Spanish state. Four years later, on April 30, the regulations of the Denominación Específica Albariño and its Regulating Board were officially approved. Because of the need to adapt Spanish legislation to that of the EU, the Department of Agriculture, in an order dated March 17, 1988, recognised the Denominación de Origen Rías Baixas, and on July 4 published the order which approved the regulations of the appellation and its Regulating Board, ratified by a ministerial order on July 28 of the same year. During its short history, the Rías Baixas appellation has evolved in a sound and ordered way; and in the period between the years 1987 and 2001, the number of growers rose from 492 to 5,059, the number of wineries increased from 14 to 161 and the surface vineyard area expanded from 237 hectares to 2,408 (585 acres to 5,948). |
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