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Albariño

Albariño Wine Details
Price: $28.00 per bottle

Description: This crisp, aromatic wine bursts with delicious notes of pear, peach, and zest of lime on the front of the palate. It is followed by flavors of citrus, apricot, black licorice, and almond, all framed with a wonderfully bright acidity.

Varietal Definition
Albarino:
Albarino (known as Alvarinho in Portugal where it is used to make Vinho Verde). White wine grape variety, used to create a serious varietal wine with pleasant citrus fruit aroma, widely grown in regions of N.W. Spain and also in northern Portugal. Thought by some to be a Riesling clone originating from the Alsace region of France.


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