Marques de Murrieta: Pazo de Barrantes La Comtesse Albarino 2020

Holzkiste

: Albarino 100%

: weiß, trocken; 13,5% Vol.; Trinkreife: 2026–2046; Verpackt in: 3er OHK

: frische Säure; voll & rund

: Lobenberg: 98–99+/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 98/100; Tim Atkin: 97/100; Parker: 96/100; Suckling: 96/100; Penin: 96/100

: Spanien, Galicien, Rias Baixas

: Allergene: Sulfite,

Abfüller / Importeur: Bodega Marques de Murrieta, N-232a Km 402, 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, SPANIEN

Die Alvarinho-Reben stehen auf reinem Granit und Granitsand. Eine gerade einmal 1,4 ha kleine Einzellage, die das Herz des Weingutes bildet. Die Stöcke wurden Mitte der 60er Jahre gepflanzt. Nach der peniblen Handlese wurden die Trauben für ganze 3 Monate, im großen französischen Holz vergoren und ausgebaut. In der Nase Orangenzesten, Quittengelee und etwas weißer Pfirsich. Es kommt eine ungemein griffige Blumigkeit zum Vorschein, Akazie, Fenchelblüten und ein ganzer Strauß Holunderblüten. Dazu Kreidegrips der einen sofort an an Rodrigo Mendez (Forjas del Salnes) und Jean Marc Roulot im Burgund denken lässt. Wow, die Struktur lässt einen nicht los. Trotz dieses unglaublichen Grips bleibt alles elegant und harmonisch. Cremige und runde Frucht zeigt sich, hochintensiv. Das ist wahrlich Albarino in seiner charmantesten Form! Gehört sicher zu den besten Vertretern dieser spannenden Rebsorte der Welt.

Jeb Dunnuck über: Pazo de Barrantes La Comtesse Albarino

The producer’s single-vineyard, highest expression of Albariño, the 2020 Albariño Gran Vino De Guarda La Comtesse is from a tiny plot planted in 1965 in sandy soils with granite, where the water dissipates quickly. The team spent nine years on this concept to find the best plot and research the best oak for aging a world-class white. It spends several months on the lees, aging another year or so in the same French oak foudres and another 18 months in concrete, to lengthen and balance the wine and add depth. Aromatic in petrol, there’s great complexity in the nose, as medium-bodied layers of blood orange and pomelo form around balanced acidity and structure to go 10-15 years more.

Tim Atkin über: Pazo de Barrantes La Comtesse Albarino

Every bit as good as the breakthrough 2019 release of La Comtesse, this outstanding Albariño from Elena Cores and María Vargas comes from the 1.4-hectare Pago Cacheiro on the Finca Barrantes estate. Green tea and saffron aromas lead you into a dense palate with lots of dry extract, flavours of beeswax, aniseed, peach and lemon zest complemented by hints of salted almond and sourdough bread.

Parker über: Pazo de Barrantes La Comtesse Albarino

The 2020 La Comtesse was produced with the Albariño grapes from a 1.4-hectare plot called Cacheiro, where they have their oldest vines (from 1965) that deliver lower yields. This has a slightly darker color, denoting its age. The juice from the pressing of the destemmed grapes fermented for 60 days in 3,000-liter oak vats, where the wine matured for 12 months, the first three with the lees, and then it was kept in concrete for a further 18 months, which is more time in concrete than in previous years. The wine is complex and subtle, very elegant, with notes of aged Albariño, mixing citrus fruit with notes of bay leaf and hay but no trace of oak. It's powerful, long and balanced, with the classical salty twist in the finish. It's silky, elegant and serious, still undeveloped but with more complexity and depth than its younger sibling from 2022 that I tasted next to it. It comes in at 13.5% alcohol, with a pH of 3.08 and 7.7 grams of acidity. 9,972 bottles and 723 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2023. It will not be released until the end of 2025 or early 2026.

Suckling über: Pazo de Barrantes La Comtesse Albarino

Exceptional, with one of the most distinctive aromatic profiles for an albarino. Herbal on the nose, showing green ginger, limes and passion fruit. The medium- to full-bodied palate is balanced with subtle ripeness and mind-blowing precision and harmony. From a vineyard planted in 1965 on sandy soils. Fermented and aged in 3,000-liter French oak vats, with 18 months in concrete tanks. Drink or hold. Only 9,972 bottles produced.

Penin über: Pazo de Barrantes La Comtesse Albarino

Leuchtendes Gelb. In der Nase Steinobst, feine Hefen, mineralisch, salzig, ausdrucksvoll und offen. Im Mund voll, lang, süffig, ausgewogen, zartbitter und schöne Säure.

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