2016 Lagar de Costa Albariño Rías Baixas

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  12/19/2018 - Heynetty wrote:

  Wine Dojo - SommSelect Blind Six - (October 2018 Shipment): Tasted Blind
  
  A: Pale lemon green
  N:Medium (+) nose. Pear, lemon rind, lime, chamomile, SALTED LEMON,
  P: Dry, medium (+) acid, phenolic bitterness, medium (+) body, medium alcohol (13.5%), pronounced intensity and finish between medium (for most of room) and medium (+) for me.
  C: Drink young. Good quality wine.
  
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  Phenolic bitterness and salted lemon. Thought i might have gotten a little yeast too but the first two elements took me straight to Albarino from Rias Baixas...one of the coastal subregions (O Rosal or Val de Salnes) given the preponderance of salt.

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  12/23/2017 - FLXHoneymoon Likes this wine:

  Second tasting from same Coravined bottle in a week. This was a comparison to an Italian Pinot Grigio. There is a phenolic bitterness to this wine that makes me think there was some skin contact. I called it lemon curd last week but it really is more like lemon pith or zest. It will be interesting to taste a few more Albarinos and see if I can count on that bitterness to differentiate from P.G. Drink up.

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  12/17/2017 - FLXHoneymoon Likes this wine:

  Appearance is clear, pale, lemon. The nose is clean, with med(+) intensity. The palate is dry, with med acidity, med alcohol, med(-) body, med(+) intensity, and a med(+) finish. Notes of lemon curd, apple, white flowers, with some minerality.
  
  Very good wine. I guessed it as an Italian Pinot Grigio. Probably won't keep more than a couple of years so drink up.

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