MANUEL D’AMARO ALBARINO
RIAS BAIXAS
IN THE VINEYARD:
APPELATION: Rias Baixas.
VINEYARDS: Hill vineyards around the tiny village of Rubios.
VARIETALS: Albarino 100%
FARMING PRACTICES: Certified sustainable; dry farmed; no pesticides used (herbicide, fertilizer, additives, etc); only compost for fertilization.
PLOUGHING: The soil cover is maintained. Annual ploughing.
SOILS: Deep Loess soils
WEATHER: Atlantic
VINES: 20 year old vines.
HARVEST: Entirely made by hand in small crates.
IN THE CELLAR:
FERMENTATION: Traditional, in small stainless steel tanks
TREATMENTS: No chaptalization and acidification at all. The idea is to stay natural as much as possible.
PRESSING: Traditional.
MALOLACTIC: Spontaneous, if any.
LEES: Approx. 2 months lees contact
FINING/ FILTRATION: The wine is allowed to settle naturally by gravity and is only minimally fined or filtered.
CHEMISTRY: Alc. 12%. 5 g/L Total Acidity.
PHILOSOPHY: Low intervention. We believe that the best wines are born in the vineyard.
TASTING NOTES: Pale gold. Fresh nose of stone fruits. Delicate and elegant on the palate, with balanced flavors of fruit, supported by fresh acidity. Nicely structured.