Bodegas La Val, La Val Albariño, Rias Baixas

Pioneering Rias Baixas Albariño house. Recognised for its high and consistent quality, fruit, freshness and typicity. A blend of the different vineyards of the winery, containing the characteristics of each one of them. In fact, in this wine we can find peculiarities of the three typical soils of the Rías Baixas appellation, granite in Taboexa (acidity), alluvium and pebbles in Arantei and Porto (fruit, depth) and schist in Vilachán (minerality).

The grapes are hand-harvested in 20 kg cases. The grapes are transported and stored in cold storage. Pellicular maceration of 40% of the grapes at 10 ºC for 4 hours. Gentle pressing with selection of the best freerun juice. Fermentation in stainless steel vats at 16/17 ºC. The wine is devatted with its fine lees on which it sits for three months.

Winery: Bodegas La Val
Appellation: Rias Baixas
Average age of vines: 29 years
Farming Methods: Traditional
Maturation: The wine is devatted with its fine lees on which it sits for three months.
Soil: Granite in Taboexa (acidity), alluvium and pebbles in Arantei and Porto (fruit, depth) and schist in Vilachán (minerality).
Varietal: 100% Albariño
Vineyard Orientation: 50-350 meters
Vineyard Size: 94 hectares
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Bodegas La Val, La Val Albariño, Rias Baixas 2022 91 James Suckling
Bodegas La Val, La Val Albariño, Rias Baixas 2023 91 James Suckling