As they say on ‘Snooth’ (the profile ‘find better wines’ website), “Every time you reach for your favorite Albariño (al-ba-ree-nyo) you are reaching for the heart and soul of Rias Baixas”. We have spent over two years searching for the best Albariño and earlier this year we struck gold (and honey!) while tasting in Spain.
Santiago Roma has only three hectares of vines but produces by far the best Albariño we have come across. Albariño can and should be a wonderful crisp white wine possessing elegant pure fruit and mineral elements from the cool wine region in north east Spain. His wines are so good that we virtually ordered and imported them straight away. Two versions, both from 2010, the yellow labels exudes lovely honeyed flavours along with fresh fruit and a touch of minerality. The Seleccion black label made from old vines just pushes these same characteristics up another level. We urge you to try them. Incidentally in the course of our discussions we discovered that Santiago’s wife produces honey and so nice it is that we are now proud stockists of it (Galicia is renowned in Spain for the high quality of it’s honey), something we never expected to import!
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