Bodegas Pentecostes Rias Baixas Varietals

Country: Spain Region: Rias Baixas

Varietal: Albariño with 20% Caíño Blanco, 20% Loureiro and a drop of Treixadura.

 Colour: White Style: Dry

Producer: Bodegas Pentecostes

Description:

Albariño is the headline grape variety of Rías Baixas—and headlines sell. Yet behind the scenes, the finest growers will tell you that the region's less well-known native varieties have an increasingly important supporting role to play. The steak is good, but the sauce completes the dish. Varietales is a blend of Albariño with 20% Caíño Blanco, 20% Loureiro and a drop of Treixadura.

Winemaker Jorge Marcote is evangelical about Caíño Blanco, which here brings flesh-piercing acidity and phenolic bite. Aromas lead you to yellow stone fruits, iodine freshness, rocks and minerals; then, mouthwatering flourishes of green mango and figgy, stony extract anchored by bow-like tension and a steely kick on the finish. A killer Spanish white that holds its own against the best of France.

Tasting Note:
This is a wonderful mineral driven Albarino with incredible acidity and beautiful citrus fruit. Serious Albarino.

Food Matches: Seafood / Pork / Veal / Mussels