Wine of the Week

Wine of the Week,  18.06.11: Leirana Albarino Joven 2009 @ £17.95

Rodi Mendez produces a tiny amount of wine in his house above the Galician resort of Sanxenxo in the sub region of Rias BAixas known as Salnes. Rodi, strangely has made his name producing some extraordinary red wines from local varieties (also available at Caviste and recently reviewed in the Guardian), but his Albarino’s are spectacular and we are totally in love with them!

Our wine of the week is the Albarino Joven (he makes a Barrica, single cru and a one using a process involving skin maceration for 6 months!) which has a pure, fresh peach and tropical nose and delicious fruit and acidity on the palate. This is wine that is far greater than the sum of its parts and set to become an icon of the region.