Pedralonga, Rías Baixas Albariño "Serea" 2023

Producer: Adega PedralongaRegion: Galicia, SpainVarietals: AlbariñoViticulture: OrganicCategory: White WineSize: 750ml bottle “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, San Francisco Chronicle. In 1982 Francisco Alfonso planted this 7.5 hectare “Cru” on a pure granitic hillside, ten miles fromthe Atlantic Ocean. For years they sold the wine locally and unlabeled but in 1997 they founded thewinery as it is known today, named Pedralonga which means “big rock” in Gallego, a reference tothe 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. Miguel is fond of the Galician saying “A man who does not watch the moon does not reapthe harvest.” and they closely follow the phases when making