What kind of wine is Albarino?
dry white wine
Albariño is a dry white wine with aromas of citrus and peach. On the palate, the wine can exhibit characteristics of grapefruit, lemon peel, apricot, and sweet melon. Because the grapes tend to grow in coastal regions, they can also have a touch of salinity.
Is Albarino a Spanish wine?
Albariño (pronounced al-bar-Een-yo) hails largely from five subzones in the Rías Baixas wine region, which spans the western Galician coastline in northwest Spain. Over the past 15 years, it’s blossomed into Spain’s most notable white wine.
What kind of wine is Rias Baixas?
white wines
Rías Baixas makes some of the world’s most elegant white wines and is home to the native grape variety, Albariño. The wine region occupies a lush green corridor of northwest Spain on the cool, Atlantic coast, an area known as Galicia.
What does Albariño pair with?
The ideal Albariño wine pairing is seafood: razor clams, octopus, mussels, sea scallops, and percebes (aka ‘goose barnacles)’ are all plentiful in this cool coastal region.
Is Albariño Vinho Verde?
Vinho Verde, or “green wine,” from northern Portugal, often blends the Albariño grape (called Alvarinho there) with local varieties Loureiro and Trajadura. Bottled so young that it often has a lightly spritzy quality, Vinho Verde has a razor-sharp acidity and ocean freshness; it too is an ideal match for raw shellfish.
What’s the difference between Alvarinho and Albariño?
Albariño is the Galician name for the grape; in Portugal it is known as Alvarinho, and sometimes as Cainho Branco. It was presumably brought to Iberia by Cluny monks in the twelfth century but recent studies point to albariño/alvarinho being native to Galicia-Portugal.
What is the difference between Albariño and Alvarinho?
In both countries they grow the same type of grapes, but call them by a different name. The grape is known as Albarino in the Spanish province of Galicia, and in the Portuguese province of Minho it is called Alvarinho.
What is Albariño wine similar to?
Albariño closely resembles the flavor of some Sauvignon Blanc’s, however it is not as herbal or vegetable-forward as a typical Sauvignon Blanc. It tends to exhibit notes of citrus fruits, such as grapefruit and lemons, as well as stone fruits, such as peaches and nectarines.