Bodegas Albamar - 2019 - Albamar Albarino - 750 ml.
Spain - Rias Baixas
Albarino -
White - Vintage: 2019 - Size: 750 ml.
The Alba family owns about 2.5 hectares but also sources from about 10 hectares spread throughout the region. Their winery and land is close to the Atlantic Ocean, near the mouth of the Umia River in the heart of Galicia's Rías Baixas. Xurxo Alda, the bodegas' winemaker, wishes they owned more, but like their land, neighboring vineyards have been passed along from generation to generation. Working the land is a way of life. It's what people do with their free time. It's a lifestyle that money can't buy. Xurxo farms and makes sure his farmers farm as naturally as possible, as much as the region permits. Being by the sea, the threat of fungal diseases like mildew and oidium is always present. In the cellar, spontaneous fermentation with native yeast is a common denominator between all of the wines. Whether he works the lees or uses oak is on a wine by wine basis, vintage by vintage.