Albariño
Bodegas del Palacio de Fefiñanes Albariño De Fefiñanes 2005
This bodega is one of the oldest in Rias Brixas (with the longest name too!), started in 1904, and they were the first to bottle an albariño wine in 1928. And what a wine it is, possibly the best Spanish albariño I've had to date. A great wine to put in a blind line up, there are shades of German Riesling, a bit of viognier from the Rhone, loads of minerals and flint, but remains true to form if you know what you are looking for. This is a must see wine for the albariño freak, but its not cheap.
Pale straw in colour, the sweet aromatics are on straight away: white peach, musky white flowers, apple blossom, a slight bit of sea spray with a suggestion of lemon. The first taste immediately has me interested, a luxurious oily texture, flinty, minerally, complexity, great balance and length. A big hit of flavour: apples, white peach, minerals and flint, and pink musk sticks. I'd drink this on its own, not to say that it wouldn't be great with food, but its so enjoyable by itself. 92 Pts.
Source: Toro/Woods wines Price: Around $40 Closure: Conventional Cork
Web: www.fefinanes.com
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Cool looking label Shag, I will have to get a bottle of this.
I like it, comes in a tall riesling bottle as well…
Scott has some albarino samples coming to me so I am interested to see what he includes.
Just ordered this in for Boccaccio
Nice one. Let me know what you think…
I think this is cracking wine. The best Spanish albarino I have had out of the riesling-aligned styles. Beautifully floral, an excellent weight and length of acid, and a surprisingly dense texture. Really, really good. I had to have two glasses of this at Movida on Monday night when in town for a work trip and it went very well with fried baby prawns.