Rias Baixas, in Galicia, in Spain’s North-West, is one of the few regions in the country to have earned its reputation for its white wines and more specifically, one single grape variety – Albariño. Making up over 95 per cent of the plantings in the region, Albariño has been charming wine lovers across the globe for the past 20 years and is well known as a go-to dry, crisp, delicately fruity and deliciously saline wine.
In the 19th century, before the Phylloxera louse attacked European vineyards and forced many wine regions to rethink their strategy, often replanting with other grape varieties, Rias Baixas was a red wine-producing region. Today, red grapes only represent one per cent of the plantings but with the growing quality of the red wines being crafted and exported, I have the feeling that these numbers will increase in the coming years.
Albariño wines can be multi-faceted and depending on the area of production within the region, the age of the vineyard and the method of production, the wines can range in style from light, fruity and simple to complex, textural, mineral and age-worthy.
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