If you are longing for a glass of a white Spanish wine, then this post is for you.
Any Spanish waiter would ask you the same question: Verdejo or Albariño.
In order to be ready for this,
lets talk today about the two most common Spanish white wines.
In the red corner of the ring we have the white prince of the North and such a good fella: Albariño.
It is a delicate white grape varietal from the north of Spain that has an amazing feature: it does not rot in a humid northern sea climate. Still, is hard to plant it, the grapevines have to be tied up high so that the plant would not touch soil.
Light gold color, with elegant and subtle fruit notes, high acidity and minerality.
Vines growing closer to the coastline have more minerality thanks to its proximity to the sea. Vines growing further to the continent, have fruity notes more distinguished.
Light, fresh, sea-like - those are the words to describe this white grape that concurred both Spain and the rest of the world far too fast.
Albariño’s origin is under harsh discussion.
Das ich Deutsche Weine, - say Germans. The word comes from “Alba-Reine” (which means “from the Rhine river banks”.
-No way, merde! - shout French and show proves that this grape came from Alsace, and was brought to Spain by French monks that could not imagine to live there without wine.
- Albariño is an indigenous Galician variety, planted back in the times of Celts, - argue Galicians.
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Is up to you which version to choose.
And we do not have time to argue cause we gonna meet Verdejo that awaits in the blue corner of the ring.
Tomorrow. Same place, same time.
Question: do you like Albariño?