Rias Baixas Albarino do Ferreiro, Gerardo Mendez

The 2023 Albariño, which represents their take of the vintage, was produced with grapes from 165 hectares of the 14 hectares they own. It goes back to the alcoholic degree of 2021, 12.5%, compared with the 13.5% of 2022. 2023 seems to be somewhere in between those two previous vintages: cooler and with a better distribution of rain than in 2022 but with warmer temperatures than 2021. The wine is still very young and primary, a little reductive even, with a balsamic hint that should go away with a little more time in bottle. This matures in stainless steel with lees until it's bottled. It has varietal notes of white flowers and grass. It's fresh and balanced, light to medium-bodied, easy to drink, sapid and tasty, with an almost salty twist in the finish despite its young age. - Luis Gutierrez

Duftmæssigt er det en lille blomstret, frisk og aromatisk sag, hvor frugten er gule pærer, melon og lidt udkogt æblegrød. Alt virker så blødt, cremet, venligt og omgængeligt … som i en blomsterbutik med en række søde og smukke ekspeditricer med velmenende smil og en smule røgede noter. I munden bliver ekspeditricerne mere kontante og viser lidt torne, for vinen har en god syrlighed med masser af gule og sure citroner, lemonbitterhed, en snas grape og umodne æbler. Læg så deroveni en saltet mineralitet, hvorved du får en virkelig meget frisk vin, hvor der både er nerve, syre og et hårdtslående kantslag.

The young and tender 2022 Albariño is the blend of the grapes from 165 plots in the Salnés, fermented with a pied de cuve from the old vines, fermented in stainless steel and matured with lees. It has a balsamic nose with notes of grass and bay leaf, a round palate with pungent flavors and good acidity. It's clean and varietal, reflecting a warmer year. - Luis Gutierrez

The 2018 Albariño was very expressive after some time in the glass. This is their house wine, produced with grapes from the 11 hectares and up to 164 plots they work in the Salnés up to 22 kilometers from their winery in Meaño. The wine is very elegant in 2018; it's vibrant and tasty, with the granite sapidity and the salty finish. I tasted a bottle from the end of June 2019, when the wine had had longer time sur lie, and the year in bottle does it good. - Luis Gutierrez

Krydret, ganske fyldig, harmonisk med forfriskende syne, mineralsk snert; kan nydes uden mad, men ville passe godt til et stykke skinke eller til grillede skaldyr. Meget anvendelig madvin – lige til at drikke nu. - Niels Lillelund

I also had the chance to revisit the 2015 Albariño so I could complete the trio of 2014-2015-2016 in one sitting. They consider 2015 one of the most balanced vintages of the last decade, to which I can only agree. I had already tasted it very young last time and it had shown among the best 2015s from Galicia. Some time in bottle has done it good, but it's still a serious and somehow closed vintage, moving toward more complex notes of quince paste and yellow plums. But it's the palate where the wine is like an electric shock: pungent flavors, some iodine notes developing already, minerality and a salty finish. - Luis Gutierrez