Zarate Rias Baixas Albarino 2025 22BDX A splash of water opens

A splash of water opens up the bouquet

working with her husband Goetz Dringenberg in San Biagio della Cima

yet with enough soil underneath to make you pay attention

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The liter is the format Stanko insisted on — too much for one

Zarate Rias Baixas Albarino 2025 22BDX A splash of water opensZarate is the benchmark name in Rias Baixas, a family estate now in its seventh generation under Eulogio Pomares, farming the granite soils of Val do Salnes biodynamically. This is the heartland of Albarino, and Zarate's flagship bottling shows exactly why: estate vines averaging over 35 years, wild yeast fermentation, and time on the lees give it real character. Expect a bright, saline white with lime, orchard fruit, and an oyster shell minerality