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Bodegas Albamar Albariño — Rías Baixas, Galicia 2024
Bodegas Albamar is one of the most exciting estates in Rías Baixas, farming a wide range of parcels in and around Castrelo in the Salné s Valley — the heart of Galicia’s Atlantic wine country. Their flagship Albariño is hand-harvested from sandy, granite-based soils that produce wines of exceptional aromatic precision and mineral tension. Spontaneously fermented and raised primarily in tank with a small percentage of neutral oak foudre, with no malolactic fermentation, it is a wine of purity, focus, and genuine terroir expression.
The nose is clean and precise: lemon zest, a dusting of sea salt, flint, green apple, and yellow kiwi — the unmistakable signature of Atlantic Galicia. On the palate, it is serious and austere beyond the varietal notes, with excellent ripeness, beautifully integrated acidity, and a dry, chalky finish that lingers with mineral elegance. The 2024 vintage is defined by balance — and Albamar delivers it in spades.
Wine Advocate 93 Points — “Clean and precise, serious and austere beyond the varietal notes, with good ripeness and very good balance and a dry, chalky finish. I think 2024’s main characteristic is balance.” (Vintage 2024).
- Producer: Bodegas Albamar, Castrelo (Cambados), Salné s Valley, Galicia, Spain
- Vintage: 2024
- Appellation: Rías Baixas DO (Val do Salné s)
- Varietal: 100% Albariño
- Harvest: Hand-harvested from sandy, granite-based parcels
- Vinification: Spontaneous fermentation, tank + neutral oak foudre, no malolactic
- ABV: 13%
- Size: 750ml
- Tasting Notes: Lemon zest, sea salt, flint, green apple, yellow kiwi, dry chalky finish
- Cellar Potential: Drink now through 2028
- Best Paired With: Oysters, grilled fish, roasted artichokes, sheep cheese, seafood rice, ceviche
- Serve: Well chilled, 45–50°F
93 points from Wine Advocate — Albamar Albariño is Atlantic Galicia at its most precise: mineral, saline, and impossible to put down.
