When you’re in Rias Baixas, you drink a ton of Albariño. It makes up 96% of the wine they make here, so that makes sense. It’s one of the only wine regions that’s so weighted to just one grape. It’s a great wine for summer – really crisp and citrusy. Great for seafood and summer days!
We tasted a bunch of them today and, as I suspect will be the case for all three days I’m here, I couldn’t just pick one. So here were my fave two.
Pazo Baión 2013
This was the first single-vineyard Albariño in Rias Baixas. Great yellow apple and deep white florals. Citrusy, but not as much as a normal Albariño.
We tasted through a bunch or their wines but this was my favorite. And I love the trees on the bottle (they represent the metamorphosis of the fruit, from the square granite in the soil to the round grape on the right.) $30
Albariño de Fefiñanes 2013
Fefiñanes also makes a few different Albariños, but this one was the truest (and best) expression if the grape to me. Lovely, fresh, and crisp with yellow apple and lemon peel and a hint of white florals. $26
Hasta mañana!
grapefriend 
I see both Bordeaux and long-neck bottles. Are they all Albarinos? Does the different bottle shape signify anything?
Good q – Yes, both are Albariño. The fluted shape is the traditional one, but most places have modernized and use the Bordeaux shape now.
I’m enjoying (and envious of your trip)! Craving a glass of Abarino right now. (Yes, it’s not even 9am here.)
Have one! 🙂
I didn’t have the 2013 yet, but Albariño de Fefiñanes is really one of the best Albariño out there. I also like La Cana Albariño…
Loved it – will look out for the other!