2024 Nanclares y Prieto Soverribas Albarino

Alberto Nanclares and Silvia Prieto are producing some of the most exciting Albarinos in Rías Baixas, and 'Soverribas' is often the most complete wine in their cellar. It comes from a single parcel of 35-year-old vines in Meaño, where the inland location offers a touch more fruit weight and textural richness than their more bracing coastal bottlings.

The winemaking is all about patience. After a gentle whole-bunch press, the wine ferments naturally in a large, 2,200L old French oak barrel. It spends nine months resting on its lees, which builds a beautiful, slick texture without masking the wine’s natural energy. 

This is top of the tree Albarino - it is high-pitched and concentrated. You get ripe citrus, honeysuckle, and that classic sea-spray character, all backed by a deep, stony minerality. It’s a sophisticated, "grown-up" Albariño that holds its own against great Chablis. Absolutely stunning.

96 points
"Ultra fine and lacy, crisp and so pure, saline minerality draped delicately on green apple, exotic lime, yuzu, fine mineral water and slate and river pebble notes... Epic wine."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)