2015 Pazo Senorans Seleccion de Anada
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This is another stunning Selección de Añada from Pazo Señorans. The property’s top Albariño, the fruit comes from Los Boncales a four-hectare single vineyard with vines averaging over 45 years in age. The wine spends three years on lees in stainless steel, before being aged in bottle prior to release. The 2015 offer a rich and complex nose with chamomile, honeysuckle, peach, candied lemon rind and acacia honey. The palate is broad and textured, the time on lees giving it a pleasing fatness and weight, the wine viscous and opulent with its concentrated stone fruit, yet with a line of acidity and minerality that brings tension and drives through to the mouthwatering, saline finish. An irresistible wine that shows what Albariño is capable of.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous
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Wow, the 2015 Albariño Seleccion de Ananda is from a special plot behind the winery and is the oldest vineyard they have, small-yielding and planted to a specific clone that yields low but is among their favorites. Super-concentrated, it spent more than three years on the lees, offering tremendous structure and volume without the presence of any oak. Graphite, petrol, apricot, and quince highlight a rich, medium-bodied complexity of length and breadth that is tasting amazing now and should continue to be interesting through 2030.
The 2015 Albariño Selección de Añada is nothing short of phenomenal. For some reason, I hadn't tasted the young 2015 Albariño at the time it was released. It comes from the Los Bancales vineyard planted some 50 years ago and fermented with indigenous yeasts but without malolactic fermentation. It has a bright, almost fluorescent color and a complex, subtle and nuanced, elegant and expressive nose, with notes of sea shells and sea breeze, grass and white flowers. It's very clean, and the palate shows great balance and even feels a bit young. It has remarkable acidity and freshness (seven grams of tartaric acid) with good ripeness and 13% alcohol. This matured in tank with lees for over 30 months and was bottled in June 2024. It feels more serious and less exotic than earlier vintages. 18,000 bottles produced. This is the finest vintage that I can remember. Bravo!
The 2015 Albariño Selección de Añada from Salnés spent 41 months on fine lees and another four years in tank without lees. Initially closed, as is typical of long-aged lees wines, it reveals wafer, honey, white fruit and tertiary tones between pastry and dried fruit. Remarkably intense for its age, this still sustains tension over time.