Albarino Blend
Valminor Davila 2006
I thought I had cleared out all of the Albarino based wines in the tasting pile, but found this when I was looking for something to take to a Vietnamese joint down in Victoria Street, Richmond. Albarino really handles the spice and salt of many Asian style dishes really well, but its the seafood where [...]
Santiago Ruiz Blanco 2004
Here is another blend from Rias Brixas, this time a mix of 70% albarino, 20 loureiro and 10% treixadura. Funky packaging seems to be important to the people of this region, the label on the front of this bottle is a copy of a hand drawn map of how to get to the owner's daughter wedding. This is the most expensive [...]
Valminor Davila 2004
I've been looking for some new white wines from Spain, so I ordered this in. It's Valminor's upscale wine from Rias Brixas, made from 55% Albarino and two other local grape varitaties, loureiro (30%) and treixadura (15%). I'd never heard of them either, but this blend makes for a very interesting wine. The packaging is quite [...]
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