Pedralonga Albarino 2024

This has a clean and focused style with light minerality, sea spray, and balanced notes of apricot, citrus, and lime. The palate is light with moderate acid and a flavor set of salted lime, and wet stones. This is a delightful wine that would work wonderfully with seafood. - D&M TASTING NOTES (MK, 10/2025)

CRITICAL ACCLAIM;

"The Albariños from Pedralonga are equally dramatic (to Benito Santos), if showing more mineral and saline depth… both opulent and totally precise; it could kick the living crud out of a Sancerre.” -  JON BONNÉ, SF CJRONICLE

IMPORTER NOTES:

OVERVIEW: “From 30 year old vines planted on grantic slopes ten miles from the Atlantic ocean in Pontevedra. Fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel with full malolactic fermentation, aged on the lees for 12 to 18 months in vats.”

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: "In 1982 Francisco Alfonso planted this 7.5 hectare cru on a pure granitic hillside, ten miles from the Atlantic Ocean. For years they sold the wine locally and unlabeled. In 1997 they founded the winery as it is known today: Pedralonga, which means “big rock” in Gallego, a reference to the huge chunks of granite sticking out of the soil. It is now run by Francisco’s son Miguel. The vineyard has always been farmed organically and in 2007 they began integrating biodynamic practices. In the cellar Miguel does as little as possible. He doesn’t de-stem the Albariño grapes and he does partial whole-cluster fermentation for the red blend. He’s only using native yeast and doesn’t block malolactic fermentation with the belief that the natural process is part of the vintage variation. The wines are all aged on the lees for extended periods before being bottled. The resulting wines are complex and age-worthy, with remarkable texture and structure, balanced by bracing acidity and rich minerality."