De visuel or pâle, le vin dégage des arômes rappelant les agrumes et la minéralité. La bouche est tendue, c'est goûteux et ça tapisse bien le palais. Un bon blanc d'été.
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Pleasant, fresh, citrus, tropical fruit, the coating of residual sugar rounds it off but also makes it soft and easy, shortish finish. Simple, lacks typicity.
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Vin léger, vifs, frais avec une belle acidité et une légère impression de sucre résisuelle. On est surtout sur les agrumes. Sera très apprécié cette été.
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Intense lime green color. Ripe, fruity nose more typical of Portuguese Alvarinhos than often more austere Galician Albariños; aromas of sweet apple, honeydew melon, florals, sweet lemony citrus fruits and a rich undertone of exotic fruits. The wine is rather full-bodied and ripe in the mouth, but crisp and bone-dry as well. Rich flavors of fresh Granny Smith apple, steely minerality, sweet notes of cantaloupe, a little mango-driven exotic fruit and hints of aromatic herbs. Bracing acidity gives the wine a lot of structure. Crisp, long and mineral finish with flavors of green herbs, ripe apple, wet stones, some fresh pear and hints of cantaloupe.
A wonderful, bright Rías Baixas white with a lot more fruit and richness than is typical for the very austere, Riesling-like Albariños of the region. Stylistically much closer to the more fruit-forward style of Portugal. Wonderful structure and balance. Still, I prefer the more austere yet more nuanced style - this is a bit straightforward and more anonymous - and the wine feels a bit too pricey for the style at 18,17€. I'd say a wine like this should be priced somewhere between 12 to 15€. Lovely and recommended, but still not worth the price.
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This is a fairly light, dry, and quite refreshing Albariño with a nice mix of zesty if not terribly pronounced fruit flavours, including pear, peach, mango, pineapple, and lemon, along with some streaky minerality that keeps the whole thing focused. The tartness ultimately gives way to a lingering bitterness on the finish, but the length is short and so the result isn't so much unpleasantness as a cleansed palette. While I don't usually assign specific foods to wine, this is ideal for shellfish, hardly surprising given its origins in northwestern Spain. Nicely done, if lacking punch overall.
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This was lacking the racey acidity that I look for in an Albarino. It did have a bit of a yeast character as a previous reviewer eluded to. Overall it went down fine, but I've had better for less $.
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12/22/2023 - Starbroker wrote:
Sue polka dot
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5/12/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Big and thick and kindy powerful.
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2/26/2016 - ManuKey Likes this wine: 87 Points
De visuel or pâle, le vin dégage des arômes rappelant les agrumes et la minéralité. La bouche est tendue, c'est goûteux et ça tapisse bien le palais. Un bon blanc d'été.
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8/7/2015 - yofog wrote:
I think they tried a little too hard to make this more serious and ended up dulling it down.
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7/7/2015 - cos65 Likes this wine:
Pale straw colored, bright green apple and pear flavors with some minerally herbal notes and a lightly spicy finish. Nice
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4/27/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 85 Points
Pleasant, fresh, citrus, tropical fruit, the coating of residual sugar rounds it off but also makes it soft and easy, shortish finish. Simple, lacks typicity.
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3/22/2015 - FrancoisC wrote: 89 Points
Vin léger, vifs, frais avec une belle acidité et une légère impression de sucre résisuelle. On est surtout sur les agrumes. Sera très apprécié cette été.
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3/15/2015 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points
Intense lime green color. Ripe, fruity nose more typical of Portuguese Alvarinhos than often more austere Galician Albariños; aromas of sweet apple, honeydew melon, florals, sweet lemony citrus fruits and a rich undertone of exotic fruits. The wine is rather full-bodied and ripe in the mouth, but crisp and bone-dry as well. Rich flavors of fresh Granny Smith apple, steely minerality, sweet notes of cantaloupe, a little mango-driven exotic fruit and hints of aromatic herbs. Bracing acidity gives the wine a lot of structure. Crisp, long and mineral finish with flavors of green herbs, ripe apple, wet stones, some fresh pear and hints of cantaloupe.
A wonderful, bright Rías Baixas white with a lot more fruit and richness than is typical for the very austere, Riesling-like Albariños of the region. Stylistically much closer to the more fruit-forward style of Portugal. Wonderful structure and balance. Still, I prefer the more austere yet more nuanced style - this is a bit straightforward and more anonymous - and the wine feels a bit too pricey for the style at 18,17€. I'd say a wine like this should be priced somewhere between 12 to 15€. Lovely and recommended, but still not worth the price.
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3/1/2015 - mjwstickings Likes this wine: 87 Points
This is a fairly light, dry, and quite refreshing Albariño with a nice mix of zesty if not terribly pronounced fruit flavours, including pear, peach, mango, pineapple, and lemon, along with some streaky minerality that keeps the whole thing focused. The tartness ultimately gives way to a lingering bitterness on the finish, but the length is short and so the result isn't so much unpleasantness as a cleansed palette. While I don't usually assign specific foods to wine, this is ideal for shellfish, hardly surprising given its origins in northwestern Spain. Nicely done, if lacking punch overall.
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3/1/2015 - Thefatbastard wrote:
Nez fin et assez particulier d'agrumes et de notes surêts. Longueur moyenne mais peu complexe, acidité bien présente. Raisonnable.
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1/30/2015 - TheMounty wrote: 86 Points
This was lacking the racey acidity that I look for in an Albarino. It did have a bit of a yeast character as a previous reviewer eluded to. Overall it went down fine, but I've had better for less $.
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1/1/2015 - degrandcru Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Fruity and without character. Misses the freshness and minerality of an Albariño.
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