Albarino

Region: Uruguay

Grape Variety: 100% Albarino

Background: Bodega Garzón is close to Punta del Este, La Barra, and Jose Ignacio – Uruguayan Paradise at its best, with mesmerizing landscapes. Located eleven miles from the Atlantic Ocean, our estate has more than 1,000 small vineyard blocks covering its hillside slopes, which benefit from varying microclimates, different levels of humidity, and an intense canopy management. These factors allow the vines to develop with maximum exposure to the sun providing rich, expressive fruit. The vineyards are surrounded by lush forests, rocky soils, granite boulders, and naturally occurring palm trees.

Fermentation: Stainless Steel Tanks

Aging: 3 to 6 months on the lees in Stainless Steel Tanks

Tasting Notes: Pale yellow with greenish reflections, this Albariño is intense in the nose, with peach and citrus notes. The freshness and minerality mid-palate are superb, with remarkable acidity and a round, crisp finish.

Food Pairing: Excellent pairings for this wine are cod with cockles, citrus prawn salad, or traditional grilled seafood with warm mango salad and beans. It is delightfully well suited to Asian food, Peruvian ceviche, or a fresh tuna salad.

Region: Spain, Rias Baixas

Grape Variety: Albarino

Background: Located on the Atlantic Spanish terroirs, this fine wine collection is an exquisite example of the potential of Spanish white wines. Translating as "Sea Drops", this Albariño has all the acidity of a great New Zealand Sauvignon with its own seaside character.

Tasting Notes: Brilliant pale lemon colour. Intense aromas of peaches, white flowers, minerals and a hint of fresh sea breeze. On the palate, a well-balanced prominent acidity with stone fruits and light minerality. Lingering finish, with a mouth-watering acidity and long complex persistence.

Food Pairing: Albarino is an absolute perfect wine match to fresh seafood - grilled fish, calamari, oysters, mussels, clams or an antipasto platter.

Awards:

Wine & Spirits 2023 - 90 Points

VEGAN

Region: Uruguay

Grape Varietal: Albarino

Fermentation: 80 hl cement tanks

Aging: 30% 6 months in Lancero barrels 600L

Tasting Notes: The elegance of this wine causes a captivating effect. With a pale yellow color and subtle greenish highlights, it bears an intense, fruity and floral aroma carrying a delicate presence of its aging in the lees. On the palate, it stresses its balanced acidity, its strong, wide, mineral and fruity body, with a well-rounded finish.

Food Pairing: Excellent pairings for this wine are cod with cockles, citrus prawn salad or traditional grilled seafood with warm mango salad and beans.

Region: Requiao, Portugal

Grape Variety: 50% Alvarinho, 25% Arinto and 25%Maria Gomes (Fernao Pires)

This estate wine produced by Vinevinu is fermented in stainless steel, 10% in foudre and barrels, where the wine has matured for three months without malolactic. The estate has a sea breeze which you immediately noticing when walking thruogh their vineyards and the gives the wine freshness so they added to their label the words "Terroir Maritimo" meaning sea terroir and coastal selection.It is fruit driven, youn, fresh and clean.  

Tasting Notes: Aromatically intense wine, structured and round on the palate, saline, slightly floral and fruity with good aging potential.

Awards: Robert Parke - Wine Advocate - 91 Points

Region: Vinho Vede DOC, Portugal

Grape Variety: Arinto, Alvarinho

Almanua F reflets the maritime influence in its essence: frsh, saline and with depth on the palate. It is a wine for connoisseurs who appreciate details, knowledge and precision int he vinification.

Tasting Notes: Its aroma is moderate, showcasing a rustic and craft wine profile due to the complete malolactic fermentation and the exclusivity of the blend between Arinto and Alvarinho. It has a structured and persistnet moutthfeel.

Region: Moncao e Melgaco/Vinho Verde DOC, Portugal

Grape Variety: Alvarinho

Genese is the origin; it symbolises the roots of Manuel and Luis Cerdeira in Melgaco, their homeland.

Tasting Notes: It has a medium-intensity yellow colour, a deep and complex aroma and a fresh, rounded and persistent flavour. It also boasts excellent aging potential.

Region: IG Minho, Portugal

Grape Variety: Loureiro, Alvarinho

Made from Loureiro and Alvarinho grape varieties, Guri is the result of a meticulous winemaking process, with fermentation stopped at a low temperature to preserve its freshness and delicate sweetness.

Tasting Notes: Loureiro provides and intense floral aromatic profule, while Alvarinho contrivutes to its structure. High acidity balances the gentle sweetness, making it an ideal pairing for spicy and seasoned dishes or desserts.