Bodegas Albamar, Alma de Mar, 2024

£51.70

Single‑plot Albariño from the O Pereiro vineyard in Castrelo, just metres from the Atlantic. Fermented with native yeasts and matured ~8 months on fine lees, it’s saline, mineral and textural.

sea spray
lemon zest
green apple
wet stone

At a glance

Producer: Bodegas Albamar
Region: Galicia
Appellation: Rías Baixas DO
Grape: Albariño
Vintage: 2024
Country: Spain
Wine type: White
Alcohol: 13.0%
Size: 75.0cl
Farming: Organic — practising

Taste profile

Body: Medium
Acidity: High
Tannin: Low
Sweetness: Dry

What to eat with it

oysters
grilled sea bream
Galician‑style octopus
sushi

How to serve it

Serve: Cool (10–12°C)

Why Cave selected it

A benchmark single‑vineyard Albariño from a leading Galician grower; Atlantic‑scented, wild‑yeast and lees‑textured, delivering precision and depth beyond most Rías Baixas.

About the wine

One of Xurxo’s top single-vineyard bottlings, this comes from 40yo vines planted right next to the ocean in a sandy clay weathered out from granite. Aged on the fine lees in stainless steel tanks with regular batonnage. Wild yeast and low sulphur. Top class Albarino.

About Bodegas Albamar

Xurxo Alba’s family has been farming and making Albariño in Rïas Baixas O Salnés region, near the Atlantic Ocean, for generations (Alba+mar). It wasn’t until Xurxo finished his oenology studies that the Alba family started bottling and commercializing their wines in 2006. The Alba family owns 2.5 hectares, and sources approximately 10 hectares throughout the region. Albamar is one of only a handful (2%!) of domaines in the region using natural yeasts for their fermentation, which has a dramatic impact on both the aromatics and flavour of albariño, giving the wines much more depth, complexity and interest.

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