Rias Baixas
Rias Baixas
Located in the western province of Galicia, Spanish white wine has a proud home in the exposed, coastal wine region of Rias Baixas. Thick-skinned, resistant Albarino is the predominant grape variety, which can stand up to the worst of the harsh maritime conditions that the Atlantic ocean can throw at it. Albarino was mainly grown for domestic consumption until the 1990s when the rest of the world's wine enthusiasts started to realise that there was something a bit special about the wines from one of Spain's more distant outposts. Tingling, mouth-watering acidity and intense flavours of floral citrus, underlined by a delicious mineral salinity are the hallmarks of Albarino, and the region's wines are now a wine list staple all over the world.
