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| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2021 (based on 17 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 84 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by lpettet on 12/20/2023 & rated 88 points: Was surprised about how good this was. Will get again. Light, crisp, taste lingers. (133 views) | | | Tasted by Dionysos55 on 6/1/2023 & rated 90 points: Robe jaune qui indique un âge déjà évolué.Le bouquet est intense et complexe: fruits exotiques (mangue,papaye),agrume (citron essentiellement) végétaux (foin,herbe coupée) en plus une belle minéralité qui recouvre le tout.La bouche offre une structure souple et attrayante mais avec moins d'intensité gustative.Longueur moyenne.Belle quille qui est sur son plateau de maturité. (321 views) | | | Tasted by joet626 on 5/29/2021 & rated 92 points: loved it. Wonderful tropical fruits. Great mouthfeel and finish (1522 views) | | | Tasted by Laz4wine on 3/7/2021 & rated 90 points: Well done with nice sweet floral aromatics balance of tropical white and yellow fruits, zippy acidity, and a smokey mineral streak on a clean crisp finish. Great aperitif, salad, lighter fish/shellfish pairing. (1705 views) | | | Tasted by FransS on 7/1/2020 & rated 89 points: Tasted already some time ago; still pure and still with the pineapple freshness. (2187 views) | | | Tasted by Tomportwine on 3/28/2020 & rated 90 points: crisp acidity, medium body, stony minerality, citrus and apple notes (2244 views) | | | Tasted by FransS on 12/17/2019 & rated 90 points: A lost bottle, hardly changed since the previous bottle (see my note); still needing air to expand its qualities fully, a remarkable balanced backbone with ripe acidity and freshness supports a juicy and elegant taste. (2460 views) | | | Tasted by OTTMJ on 7/2/2019 & rated 89 points: Clean crisp refreshing, not overly complex. Poolside pounder! (2031 views) | | | Tasted by Cosmo M. on 6/22/2019 & rated 89 points: Similar to my 5/17/19 note but experienced some additional layers of complexity this time, or at a minimum more richness / clarity of the lime and grapefruit flavors. On the fence between 89/90. (1820 views) | | | Tasted by Cosmo M. on 5/17/2019 & rated 88 points: 88/89. Medium bodied, dry, minerally, hint of smoke, lemon peel. Solid wine, well balanced, not exceedingly complex. (1517 views) | | | Tasted by winemaker on 4/20/2019 & rated 92 points: Really good. Crisp, clean. Tart. Grapefruit. (1527 views) | | | Tasted by dsamuel on 2/20/2019 & rated 90 points: Straw color with green tints - crystal clear
Medium(+) aromas of herbs/ pineapple and ripe lemon - very nice and a little riper than most Albarinos
Medium(+) palate - nice and tight and linear - citrus/ lemon zest
Phenolic bitterness is pretty high and and quite enjoyable IMO - elevated even for an Albarino
Medium(+) acidity and nice length
Great effort (1475 views) | | | Tasted by S.Wayne on 2/20/2019 & rated 90 points: Single blind tasting
Pale straw color, clear
Medium + aromatics of white peach, floral with some herb notes
Medium + acidity. Palate of bitter almonds, raw pear/peach
Linear mouthfeel, not as much salinity as others noted
Nice typical Albarino. (1164 views) | | | Tasted by belfast taxman on 2/9/2019 & rated 88 points: Drank with cod as opposed to shellfish and matched it nicely. Although there is some age on this still bone dry and tangy in a good way (1205 views) | | | Tasted by guzmana on 2/5/2019 & rated 91 points: Very good Albariño. Deep seaside notes and beautiful acidity. Dry and mineral. (1101 views) | | | Tasted by belfast taxman on 1/5/2019 & rated 88 points: Maybe just beginning to tire but still very pleasing companion to pan fried cod. Drink soon (1353 views) | | | Tasted by FransS on 12/27/2018 & rated 88 points: Very friendly with the pronounced, but also polished citrus in the backbone. (826 views) | | | Tasted by belfast taxman on 12/21/2018 & rated 88 points: Not much new to say about this wine as it is so consistent, always a crowd pleaser with shellfish (1356 views) | | | Tasted by guzmana on 12/4/2018 & rated 91 points: This is a very good Albariño. Dry with sea side notes. (1338 views) | | | Tasted by brian_r93 on 12/2/2018 & rated 90 points: This heavy white needs 30 min to open up to this great white peach and floral nose. This wine for a white has a great complexity (792 views) | | | Tasted by DSR on 11/25/2018 & rated 87 points: Tasted blind. Pale straw, medium tearing. Med+ intensity, lemon, yellow apple, nectarine (fresh/tart), citrus blossom, minerality, lees, no oak. Dry, medium body, creamy texture, med+ acidity, med alcohol, slight phenolics. Med complexity/finish. (1329 views) | | | Tasted by guzmana on 9/26/2018 & rated 91 points: I really like this one. Dry and almost saline. It begs for see food. Good tartness and refreshing quality. (1685 views) | | | Tasted by Macki on 9/6/2018: Oldest producer in Rias Baixas. Aromas of flowers and melon. Creamy, ripe, rich and mineral driven. Briny. Lovely long saline finish. (1670 views) | | | Tasted by philmtl on 8/17/2018: Avec de la pieuvre poêlée, sauce gastrique, câpres et oignons: mariage judicieux. Cet Albarinho est toujours bon mais me laisse toujours un peu en attente... Je voudrais plus; plus de salinité, plus d'acidité tranchante, plus. Je continue de favoriser le Granbazan ou le Terras Gauda. Peut-être même le Lusco... (1792 views) | | | Tasted by winemaker on 8/5/2018 & rated 91 points: Same as last bottle. (1758 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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The pazo de Señoráns is located at Vilanoviña, in the Pontevedra town of Meis, in the Salnés area, which is one of the Rias Baixas appellation’s sub-zones. The mansion, which is owned by the husband and wife team of Soledad (Marisol) Bueno and Javier Mareque, took on its wine-producing role in 1989, although the estate had been growing vines (which now cover eight hectares or twenty acres) since the beginning of the 1980s. Marisol, a tenacious and determined woman, set her sights higher and determined to make her own white wine that would be sold in bottle, an aim she first achieved with the 1990 vintage. Her unshakeable confidence in the terroir of her area made up for her lack of experience in the world of business and wine. Rising resolutely to the challenge, Marisol launched the new Pazo de Señoráns venture with a production of seven thousand bottles, which in later years increased to ten thousand. Her belief in success, her tenacity, and her love for Albariño wines led her to become the President of the Rias Baixas Regulating Board at the end of 1986.Albariño 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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