Peninsula Skin Contact Albarino 2019

Biodynamic Spanish white made from the characterful, spicy Xarello grape – a Spanish specialty, most often used to make sparkling wine but here used to create a tasty dry still white. WInemaker Ramon Jan? broke with his family tradition of 500 years – of selling off large volumes of grapes to large cava (sparkling wine) producers and used his Xarello…

Xarel-Lo is famously used in the production of cava along with a few others – but here it is made as a varietal wine from vines planted in 1974 in the high altitude of Penedes. Fermentation was in stainless steel tanks with fine lees contact for three weeks to retain the fruity freshness and add texture. The result is a…