Mar de Frades 2010 is elaborated with 100% Albariño.
HARVEST: Harvest began on the 23rd of September when the berries were ripe and a good balance between acidity, extract and sugar content was achived. Hand-picked grapes.
WINEMAKING: Grapes selected from the best vineyards in the Val do Salnés area transported in small plastic crates. Hand sorting of the bunches of grapes. After a cold maceration, only the free-run juice is fermented after natural cold clarification under controlled temperature to keep all its crispyness and aromas. Once fermentation occurs, the wine is bottled in small batches to guarantee its characteristic freshness.
TASTING NOTES: Pale straw yellow colour with greenish hints. Nose: tipically albariño notes such as citric fruits and grapefruits with a subtle background of apple skin. Palate: rich, fresh and fruity with a touch of saltines and eucaliptus. Excellent acidity a fine complexity and a very well balanced finish.
Mar de Frades was born in 1987 and its path is parallel to that of the Quality Control of the Rías Baixas. It is a pioneering bodega in the area and represents the meaning of the most deeply-rooted tradition in the Valley of Salnés, the historical capital of Albariño. It was in this place... where the legend of the varieties of Albariño wine started, and where without a shadow of a doubt, the most sophisticated and suggestive white wines of Spain are produced: characterized by their freshness and aromatic intensity. The vineyard, called Finca Valiñas, rests on the terraced sides of the southern slope of Mount Valiñas. With more than twenty years in age, the Albariño plant grows on an arbour forming a tapestry of grapes raised above the humidity of the soil and enabling it to receive the cool Atlantic breeze. It is an extremely poor soil and very shallow, formed from sands from granite decomposition which impress upon the wines a mineral quality. Thanks to the low yield of these vines, this allows for a more concentrated authentic essence in the Albariño grape and which is ever-present in the wines from Finca Valiñas.
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