Zarate Albariño Rías Baixas "El Palomar" 2019

Albariño from Rías Baixas, Spain
13.0% ABV
Item # 702979

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Importer notes: "Bodegas Zarate is a leader in biodynamic viticulture and one of the first adopters in Rías Baixas. El Palomar is an ungrafted vineyard believed to have been planted in the 1850s. The soils are poor, and barely cover a very hard granite. The wine is aged in a single, large neutral barrel for 6 months, and does full malolactic fermentation. The wines show a different, redder fruit, and the vine’s great age make for an Albariño of incredible depth, nuance and subtlety."

Not yet reviewed; 2018 vintage rated 96 points by Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate): "If there is one Albariño that is different from the rest in the Zárate portfolio, it has to be El Palomar, as it's the only one fermented and matured in French oak vat. The 2,200-liter vat is now eight years old and is well seasoned and quite neutral, but the profile of the wine and even the texture is different. The 2018 El Palomar is still in its youth (the first three years), marked by the full malolactic, with a faint lactic hint that makes it quite elegant and serious, a more poised style than the livelier Balado. It's an expressive vintage, more expressive than the 2017 was at this age; it's really balanced and fresh, very classical, and it has all the ingredients to develop nicely in bottle. This is an Albariño from Salnés unlike the ones from before. 2,900 bottles were filled in July 2019."
Importer notes: "Bodegas Zarate is a leader in biodynamic viticulture and one of the first adopters in Rías Baixas. El Palomar is an ungrafted vineyard believed to have been planted in the 1850s. The soils are poor, and barely cover a very hard granite. The wine is aged in a single, large neutral barrel for 6 months, and does full malolactic fermentation. The wines show a different, redder fruit, and the vine’s great age make for an Albariño of incredible depth, nuance and subtlety."

Not yet reviewed; 2018 vintage rated 96 points by Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate): "If there is one Albariño that is different from the rest in the Zárate portfolio, it has to be El Palomar, as it's the only one fermented and matured in French oak vat. The 2,200-liter vat is now eight years old and is well seasoned and quite neutral, but the profile of the wine and even the texture is different. The 2018 El Palomar is still in its youth (the first three years), marked by the full malolactic, with a faint lactic hint that makes it quite elegant and serious, a more poised style than the livelier Balado. It's an expressive vintage, more expressive than the 2017 was at this age; it's really balanced and fresh, very classical, and it has all the ingredients to develop nicely in bottle. This is an Albariño from Salnés unlike the ones from before. 2,900 bottles were filled in July 2019."
Product SKU 702979
Producer Zarate
Country Spain
Region Rías Baixas
Varietal Albariño
Vintage 2019
Size 750ml
Color White
ABV 13.0%
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