D.O. Rías Baixas, Spain- 100% Albariño from a 0.6 ha plot with a south facing surface. The harvest is manual and a grape selection is made on the plot. The must ferments spontaneously in a steel tank and is trashed after fermentation, separating it from its thick lees and remaining on fine lees for 18 months without batônnage. It is a wine with a total acidity of 8.5 g / l, has not performed malolactic fermentation, has 2.53 g / l of malic acid that will allow the wine to ripen in the bottle, reaching its full potential in 5 years . The terrain is perfectly expressed in its granite nose, and the complexity of the fine lees, give this wine a totally unique character in Rías Baixas. Recommended by El Sommelier.
Zarate Tras da Viña 2023
Eulogio Pomares is an oenologist and winemaker, owner of Bodegas Zárate and 3rd generation of winemakers since his uncle, Ernesto Zárate, founded the winery. Eulogio is an old acquaintance in our club, one of the most talented and dynamic winemakers in the current national wine scene, on the crest of popularity thanks to the international recognition of his wines that are becoming cult. The property cultivates 6.54 Ha that are distributed in 11 plots in the parishes of Sisán and Padrenda. These two parishes of the Salnés Valley are reputed for their poor and sunny lands and are considered the cradle of Albariño. The main variety is Albariño, but they also grow the native red varieties Caiño Tinto, Loureiro Tinto and Espadeiro. The Payment After Da Viña is a plot of Albariño strains of 0.6 Ha. South facing. This plot was replanted in 1965 by grafting yolks from the El Palomar farm in rootstocks 196-17-C. The Payment After Da Viña has a high yield for its deep soil and rich in organic material.
Zarate Tras da Viña 2021 shows open, clean and expressive on the nose, notes of apricot, ripe white fruit, lees. In the mouth it is unctuous, it has volume and a magnificent citric acidity that predicts a long life.
Rating: Not rated yet. 95 Parker in the previous vintage 2022.
Optimum consumption: 2025-2036. This wine is enjoyable right now, but its great acidity predicts an upward evolution in the next five years.
Pairing: with iodine typical of seafood, oysters, wild fish, raw milk cheese from Arzúa, salads….
