94+pts Wine Advocate (2022, 2023 not yet rated)
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. Drinking Window: 2024 - 2032

Gerardo Méndez and his family work 165 plots of vines, a total of 14 hectares in the Valle del Salnés in Rías Baixas. 2021 is a classical vintage going back to the weather from yesteryear; 2022, which they compare with 2010, is an extreme vintage with very dry and warm weather.

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