Telegraaf review of my Albariño
- Jacqueline de Gouw
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
Of course, not really my Albariño , but my discovery and imported by me so that the Netherlands can get to know this delicious wine.
by Barbara Verbeek , Telegraaf, November 19, 2022
In this column, vinologist Barbara Verbeek explores the world of wine. This time, she's visiting the famous Spanish wine and oyster region of Rías Baixas .
Winemaker Marcos Lojo, of the Pedras Loiras label , worked for over thirty years for various wineries in different Spanish wine regions. A man with experience. Four years ago, he purchased twenty old vineyards in the best part of the Rías Baixas: Val do Salnés.
Marcos makes the salty wine a little rounder by maturing 15 percent of it in large 700-liter oak barrels from Burgundy.
Soil
He says about this: "The soil of the vineyard is very important. Granite and loam are the best base." His sister designed the beautiful label on the bottle: the raging sea and the cormorants on the granite boulders.
Salty
When you taste this wine, you'll experience blossom, citrus, ripe peach, and grapefruit. This is a wine with a salty acidity that pairs perfectly with anything pure from the sea.
This wine also goes perfectly with dishes containing coriander such as ceviche or Mexican cuisine.
My first encounter with Marcos was four years ago when my husband and I took a wine tour through Rías Baixas . He made an Albariño with a different label, Chan de Rosas. I was already impressed by the delicious wines he could make, as I personally tasted them all.
Marcos sold that label a few years ago and founded Pedras Loiras . Last year, I contacted him again because I wanted to add an Albariño to my collection, and of course, you go to the best Albariño winemaker you know. This led to a wonderful collaboration, so the Netherlands can now also enjoy his beautiful wine.
If you would like to know more about my wine trip to Rías Baixas , click here.
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