albariño

The eponymous grape variety from Rias Baixas producing high quality white wines of increasing trendiness and price. This very aromatic variety has a distinctive peachy almost viognier-like character and produces excellent wines from the rain-drenched Galicia area of northern Spain. Its thick skins enable it to withstand the damp and mildew of this sodden area and go on to make long lived wines - sometimes matured in oak - of individuality and character.

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