Limited notes. Utterly delicious example of the varietal. While I haven’t tried everything that Waitrose has to offer, I would be surprised if there was anything with a qpr better than this.
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PnP, chilled. Medium bodied palate with notes of pear, white peach, lemon, minerality and a streak of salinity. Lively acidity and some creaminess due to lees aging. May be best from '23 thru '26.
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Totaly agree with Ben. It is not just a refreshing saline wine. It is also creamy and has some weigth. Everything nicely balanced. It is tasty enough to go well with slightly spicy and aromatic food. Love this wine! Great QPR!
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With pan fried halibut and grilled brill. This wine always hit the spot, a cut above most Albarinos. I need to show restraint and give it time to age a year or so more! I'm sure there will be a bit more depth and complexity to it.
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With some creamy lemon on the nose. Quite beautiful as it were. And then nice and saline on the palate. Touch of a warm terpene note I am being told and there it is. Pretty darn tasty as it were.
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Expressive nose of lifted peach, lemon zest and wet stone. Light and fresh on the palate. Delicious wine with good persistance on the finish. No reason to wait, drink now.
WSET notes: Pale lemon.
Pronounced on the nose with peach, lemon, chalk, wet stone. Youthful.
Pronounced and dry on the palate. High acidity, light body, medium alcohol, long finish.
Drink now. Not suitable for aging or further aging.
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This vintage seems to have a bit more lime/citrus on the palette and is a little less rounded than previous vintages. That said it is still a lovely wine and my favourite Albariño.
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12.5% This Albarino is a fruit-forward expression of the variety, with captivating peach, orange blossom and mandarin aromas. On the palate, it has a firm acidity on entry, followed by notes of apples and peardrops. The yellow apple skin and orange pith texture combine with phenolics and an acid fizz to add structure to this complex wine. The finish is surprisingly full and extended with a green apple and lime finish. This is a wine that benefits from its old vine concentration and the green apple acid gives a farewell bite on the back palate
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11/21/2023 - Amberissey Likes this wine: 90 Points
Limited notes. Utterly delicious example of the varietal. While I haven’t tried everything that Waitrose has to offer, I would be surprised if there was anything with a qpr better than this.
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7/27/2023 - VlgJeff wrote: 90 Points
PnP, chilled. Medium bodied palate with notes of pear, white peach, lemon, minerality and a streak of salinity. Lively acidity and some creaminess due to lees aging. May be best from '23 thru '26.
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7/14/2023 - joostentamara Likes this wine: 91 Points
Totaly agree with Ben.
It is not just a refreshing saline wine. It is also creamy and has some weigth. Everything nicely balanced.
It is tasty enough to go well with slightly spicy and aromatic food. Love this wine! Great QPR!
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7/8/2023 - auldalliance Likes this wine:
With pan fried halibut and grilled brill.
This wine always hit the spot, a cut above most Albarinos. I need to show restraint and give it time to age a year or so more! I'm sure there will be a bit more depth and complexity to it.
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6/5/2023 - Rupert wrote:
Grapefruit, minerals, good length, discreet class
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5/24/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
With some creamy lemon on the nose. Quite beautiful as it were. And then nice and saline on the palate. Touch of a warm terpene note I am being told and there it is. Pretty darn tasty as it were.
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5/20/2023 - Rupert wrote:
Intriguing orange peel and grapefruit fruit, classily restrained.
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3/26/2023 - Irish_Wine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Expressive nose of lifted peach, lemon zest and wet stone. Light and fresh on the palate. Delicious wine with good persistance on the finish. No reason to wait, drink now.
WSET notes:
Pale lemon.
Pronounced on the nose with peach, lemon, chalk, wet stone. Youthful.
Pronounced and dry on the palate. High acidity, light body, medium alcohol, long finish.
Drink now. Not suitable for aging or further aging.
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2/25/2023 - auldalliance Likes this wine:
With oven baked brill. Great citrus, then a certain richness, but long dry finish. Excellent Albarino.
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1/28/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Now here is Albarino. Cream and lemon and kinda holding strong.
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8/20/2022 - Tom Rodger Likes this wine:
This vintage seems to have a bit more lime/citrus on the palette and is a little less rounded than previous vintages. That said it is still a lovely wine and my favourite Albariño.
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7/17/2022 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 90 Points
12.5% This Albarino is a fruit-forward expression of the variety, with captivating peach, orange blossom and mandarin aromas. On the palate, it has a firm acidity on entry, followed by notes of apples and peardrops. The yellow apple skin and orange pith texture combine with phenolics and an acid fizz to add structure to this complex wine. The finish is surprisingly full and extended with a green apple and lime finish. This is a wine that benefits from its old vine concentration and the green apple acid gives a farewell bite on the back palate
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