Do Ferreiro Albariño Rias Baixas "Adina" 2022

Do Ferreiro Albariño Rias Baixas "Adina" 2022
Galicia, Spain

94+ pts Wine Advocate
Drink Date: 2024 – 2032
The one Albariño that is different is the 2022 Adina, from gneiss soils and with a wider palate, despite having similar parameters to the others. It has pungent flavors, balsamic and herbal, with good ripeness and a bitter twist in the finish. 3,000 bottles.

Adina is a 45-year-old albariño vineyard on unique oxidized gneiss and red schist soils in the area of A Lanzada, a part of the Salnés subzone facing the Ría de Pontevedra with a distinct Atlantic influence. The vines are pergola-trained, using a Cazanave-Marcón pruning style. A rare 600m wide vein of oxidized gneiss and red schist, originating near Porto and continuing north between the islands of Cíes and Ons, runs straight through the vineyards in Lanzada before resurfacing in the U.K. This unique soil gives Adina exceptionally bright aromatics, a wide and powerful attack with unparalleled structure and concentration with incredible finesse. Capable of developing in bottle for 10 years or more.

• Site:Rías Baixas – Val do Salnés
• Site:Adina at 50m
• Grapes:Albariño
• Vine Age:45 years
• Soil:Oxidized gneiss and red schist
• Vinification:Fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, without malolactic fermentation
• Aging:Nine months on the lees in stainless steel without bâtonnage
• Farming:Practicing organic