No particular reason, but I'm not feeling the cold weather reds right now. Could be the warm weather, but really, that just started this week. I just haven't been a heavy red wine mood. I need to shake that as the reds are piling up alarmingly fast in my basement!The bottle of the night was a Valminor 2006 Rias Bhixas Albarino. I picked it up at the Winery in Old Town Alexandria as part of a mixed case. It cost me $12.99 minus a 10% case discount, clocked in at 12.5% alcohol by volume, and had a screw cap.
The nose of the wine was perfumy, very aromatic. It showed tropical fruit, citrus, grapefruit, orange blossoms, and was quite floral. In the mouth I found grapefruit, citrus, and a nice sweet orange note. The wine was crisp in the mouth, but not too tart. Overall I found the wine to be intriguing and a great value for the price.
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Albarino is one of my favorite white varietals. I hope to put together a tasting of Albarinos sometime soon, so I've been looking out for recommendations. I will have to search this one out locally.
Thanks for sharing,
Marco
1/10/08, 10:37 AM
M,
Great note. This is one of my favourite Albarinos, and as you say quite an intriguing wine.
1/11/08, 7:46 AM
Marco- Also try the Nora, a good value in that one too.
Thanks Edward! We really liked this one, I'll get it again.
1/23/08, 10:26 PM