Albariño is a grape that is best known from Northern Spain – the region of Rias Baixas on the Atlantic Coast produces a dry zesty white that goes well with their famous seafood. Enter Nelson in the South Island, where Neudorf planted the grape a few years ago. A pale straw colour in the glass, with flashes of green tinges at the rim. Quite fragrant and aromatic, with an almond, lime peel, white peach, grapefruit and honeysuckle perfume. The fruit has a measured ripeness – the saline acidity adding a counterpoint of freshness. Dry and quite toothsome in the palate, where a pithy tang meets a crushed shell minerality. Finished mouthwatering and long. 93pts
Neudorf ‘Rosie’s Block’ Moutere Albariño 2022
