SLEEK ALBARIÑOS
Lastly, from our Hong Kong workplace, contemporary and tangy albariños got here into focus, delivering some modern, creamy but mineral and saline expressions from just a few excellent producers akin to Attis, Zarate and a brand new mission, Sal da Terra – a collaboration among the many wine author Jamie Goode, his associates Daniel Primack and Ben Henshaw, and Eulogio Pomares of Zarate.
We love the saline, briny characters of many of those wines. The Sal da Terra Albariño Rías Baixas 2020 is pure, elegant and sophisticated with a dialed-in oyster shell minerality to the inexperienced and white fruit. The Zárate Albariño Rías Baixas El Palomar 2020 is one other intense and zesty albariño with nuanced aromas. The depth of flavors from the century-old vines is the spotlight, making it style riper, extra beneficiant and concentrated. And if you happen to’re on the lookout for a sterling instance of a creamier, extra eclectic but brilliant albariño, don’t miss the Attis Bodegas y Viñedos Albariño Rías Baixas Nana 2019. We beloved it for its intriguing nostril, which confirmed a mixture of flinty lemon fruit, creamy lees and a coloring of high quality toast. Most essential, it’s the verve on the palate and the feel that makes it so scrumptious and irresistible.
Among the many reds we tried in Hong Kong, the Bodegas Roda Rioja Cirsion 2019 was our top-scoring bottle. We consider this profound, layered and dense Rioja, coming from a exact and meticulous number of outdated vines round 60 to 80 years outdated, epitomizes how a contemporary Rioja producer can change into a basic, with excellent and constant high quality.
