Free shipping from 12 bottles · Delivery throughout Switzerland
Free shipping from 12 bottles · Delivery throughout Switzerland
Two years on the lees, half of it in granite: full, long, carried by its acidity.
White wine · Albariño · Rías Baixas, Spain · 0.75 L
Grape: 100% Albariño
Vintage: 2022
Production: 5,733 bottles
Origin: D.O. Rías Baixas, Val do Salnés
Vineyard: single plot Embaixador, 0.5 ha, 60-year-old pergola-trained vines, 800 vines per hectare, yield about 5,800 kg/ha
Soils: weathered granite (entisol) with higher clay content, sandy loam
Climate: Atlantic; 2022 brought ripe grapes with fresh acidity
Vinification: hand-picked into perforated crates, sorting table, fully destemmed, gently pressed with a pneumatic press, cold settling, spontaneous fermentation at 12 to 15 °C
Ageing: 24 months on fine lees with bâtonnage, 12 months in a granite vessel, 12 months in stainless steel
The Fariña brothers leave this Albariño from half a hectare of 60-year-old vines on its lees for two years, half of that time in a granite vessel. For comparison, their Lías Finas spends six months on the lees and the Nana twelve. Intense and layered on the nose; fresh, full and long on the palate, with ripe fruit and minerality carried by the acidity.
It can still age. Serve it with shellfish, a fine fish in butter or cream sauce, or aged goat's and sheep's cheese, which is the pairing we would try first.
Three questions before you order.
Our assessment, relative to our range
If you like one of these, this one is for you:
Style: Salty and mineral (white)
Serve at 8 to 10 °C.
The winery
Brothers Robustiano and Baldomero Fariña work in the Val do Salnés, the coolest part of Rías Baixas and the closest to the coast. You taste the Atlantic in their Albariño as a distinct saltiness.
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An Albariño from vines over 50 years old facing west towards the sea. After fermentation it spends six months on the fine lees in steel tanks and large oak casks. Then the bottles spend six months in crates twelve metres down in the Atlantic, by the artificial mussel beds of the rías. In the glass it is salty and juicy, with very fresh acidity. It costs CHF 89.
Planzer delivers it in 1 to 2 working days. Shipping CHF 12, free from 12 bottles. We only deliver within Switzerland.
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