This lovely little wine is from the Rías Biaxas region of Spain. Interesting little note: 90% of vines planted in this region are albariño. So, I’m thinking they probably know what they’re doing with this varietal. Martin Códax uses 100% albariño.
Color: a beautiful yellow gold with definite sparks of bright gold…definitely a much richer color than a lot of whites.
Aroma: offers peach, apple and pear with a hint of lemon zest
Flavors: soft, not quite full body with wonderful peach and pear notes with citrus-y highlights of lemon and grapefruit. It also has a soft minerality with makes it great to have with a meal.
The finish on this one is absolutely marvelous! It just slowly whispers away… like a beautiful decrescendo.
I had this with my favorite pasta dish: linguine tossed with shallots, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, shrimp, lemon and arugula. This wine paired beautifully with the wonderful harmony of the minerals and arugula balanced with the highlighted citrus accents. Light and lemony… yum!
The only other notation I have on this one is that when I had this chilled, it presented a much spicier mineral attack, but also lost those citrus notes on the flavor profile. Not necessarily a bad thing… but something of note.
So, share with me…. ever have an albariño?
