Nanclares y Prieto "Alberto Nanclares" Albariño Rias Baixas 2024

Got a little spice in your tapas? This biodynamic Albariño is loaded with cooling and juicy citrus notes and a pop of coarse sea salt. This bottle packs plenty of thirst-quenching zest to pair with salty snacks, fried seafood or peppery meals.

100% hand-harvested Albariño grapes from 10 organically farmed plots, mainly in the area of Cambados, but also in Ribadumia and Portas. The vines range in age from 15 to 95 years and area all planted on decomposed granite sands. The grapes were gently pressed in a pneumatic press without destemming into stainless steel tanks (73%) and used French oak barrels (27%). The wine rested on its lees for nine months in those vessels with weekly batonnage for the first three months. Bottled without stabilization or clarification, and with only a gentle filtration.

The Nanclares y Prieto estate, located in the cradle of Albariño, in Spain’s Val do Salnés, comprises five hectares of vines in 15 different parcels. Alberto Nanclares and Silvia Prieto met in 2009, at a tasting organised by Raul Pérez, a leading Bierzo winemaker. Both passionate about wine, they embarked on the ambitious project of producing their own cuvée in 2015. Their approach in both the winery and the vineyard is based on a very low-interventionist philosophy. Each parcel of vines, aged between 30 and 100 years, reaps the benefits of organic methods. The soil is cultivated with the utmost precision without any chemical fertilisers or weedkillers. Once harvested, the grapes are vinified without additives, using minimal doses of sulphur to retain the unique character of the terroir and grape varieties. The result is exceptional wines that will develop their finest nuances over time.