94 points Peñín Guide to Spanish Wine (Jul 2021).
Zárate winery is a historic cellar in Rías Baixas, pioneering the development of Albariño since the 18th century. El Palomar is a pre-phyloxera vineyard that was planted in the 1850s and is one of the oldest surviving vineyards in the world. Like Balado, there is very little topsoil over a mother rock of hard granite. Here, the wine is fermented and aged in a large, old 22 HL foudre and encouraged to finish its malolactic fermentation. Given the incredible vine age, this wine often displays the most haunting complexity and depth of the single vineyards.
Zárate winery is a historic cellar in Rías Baixas, pioneering the development of Albariño since the 18th century. El Palomar is a pre-phyloxera vineyard that was planted in the 1850s and is one of the oldest surviving vineyards in the world. Like Balado, there is very little topsoil over a mother rock of hard granite. Here, the wine is fermented and aged in a large, old 22 HL foudre and encouraged to finish its malolactic fermentation. Given the incredible vine age, this wine often displays the most haunting complexity and depth of the single vineyards.
| Product SKU | 703532 |
| Producer | Zarate |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Rías Baixas |
| Varietal | Albariño |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
| ABV | 13.0% |
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