Bodegas Barbadillo
Vino de la Tierra de Cádiz Palomino 'Alba Balbaína'
Vino de la Tierra de Cádiz Palomino 'Alba Balbaína'
100% Palomino at an average of 20 years of age, sourced from Pago Balbaína located just 6 miles from the Gulf of Cádiz. Free-run juice is fermented with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tank with further lees aging and no influence of flor. 11.5% abv.
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2023
Country:
Spain
Region:
Andalucia
Appellation:
Vino de la Tierra de C diz
Variety:
Palomino
Color:
White
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-BBD-54-23 | 12/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
Wine Advocate
Score
91
Date
2024-10-03
"After producing a number of unfortified whites, they have produced their first single-vineyard wine, the 2023 Alba Balbaína. Grapes were selected from the plot called La Cruz del Husillo within Balbaína planted with 20-year-old Palomino vines on white albariza soils. It fermented in stainless steel with their selected yeasts and aged in tank with fine lees for four months. It's a personal project of winemaker Montse Molina, selecting grapes from Balbaína, looking for a gentle mouthfeel through working the lees in tank for six months. It has a rounder palate, gentler, more approachable, ideal for food. But it's not banal and finishes dry with some chalkiness. It's around 11.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.7. 64,000 bottles were produced. It was bottled in June 2024."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2022
James Suckling
Score
92
Date
2024-06-06
"There are nice steely and floral notes to the fine nuts, minerals and creamy lees. Medium-bodied on the palate with a fresh, fluid center palate and a long, slightly saline finish. Drink now or hold."