Leirana Albarino

by Bodegas Forjas del Salnes 2020

$34.99 ($209.94 /case)

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Leirana Albarino by Bodegas Forjas del Salnes 2020

Leirana Albarino

by Bodegas Forjas del Salnes 2020

$34.99 ($209.94 /case)

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Producer : Bodegas Forjas del Salnes

Region : Rias Baixas (Spain), Spain (Spain)

Food Pairing : Rich Fish, Risotto, Salad, Vegetables, White Meat

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Tasting Notes

Pale gold. Fresh melon, white peach and tangerine scents show fine clarity and pick up a smoky mineral quality with aeration. Vibrant, spice- and mineral-tinged citrus fruit, nectarine and honeydew flavors deepen steadily on the back half. Closes very long and silky, with resonating peach and mineral qualities and a suave floral nuance.

94 points - Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate Feb 2022 (Current Vintage)

93 points / Best Buy - Peñín Guide 2020 (Current Vintage)

92 Points - Josh Raynolds, Vinous, March 2021 (2019 Vintage)

93 Points - Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate, June 2020 (2019 Vintage)

Specs

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Price of Case	$419.88
Point Score	94
Cellaring	Drink Now or Cellar
Sweetness	XD - Extra Dry See Sweetness Chart
Bottle Size	750 ml
Producer	Bodegas Forjas del Salnes
Region	Rias Baixas (Spain), Spain (Spain)
Alcohol	13% alc./vol.
Style	Fresh and crisp whites
Vintage	2020
Farming Method	Organic
Food Pairing	Rich Fish, Risotto, Salad, Vegetables, White Meat
Descriptors	Floral, Fruity, Mineral
Wine Type	White
Wood Presence	Unoaked
Body	Medium
Grapes	Albariño

The Producer

Bodegas Forjas del Salnes

Rodrigo Mendez is a 5th generation winemaker from the tiny fishing village of Meaño in Val do Salnes, the most coastal of the subzones of DO Rias Baixas. Descended from the founding head of the DO of Rias Baixas, he is an astute historian of the history and heritage of this place, and makes wines to express and preserve this history and unique maritime terroir. He sources the parcels he farms through generational familial relationships, from families for whom winemaking is no longer their way of life. Indeed, his preservation of these historic vineyards is a vocation as much as it is a passion project – he feels compelled and bound to farm these parcels, because otherwise they would no longer exist. He makes wine in a way that harkens back to lost methods – painstaking work that eschews the tutti-frutti style that’s become the mainstream. Rather than allowing the wine to go through malolactic fermentation, Rodri lets his fruit hang longer than his neighbors in the appellation, allowing the natural weight and viscosity of the wine balance the searing acidity that this maritime zone produces. This approach is risky and requires expertise few can match, but the end result is a wine with weight that reflects the sea and the wind – unmistakably Salnes.