Zarate Rias Baixas Albarino 2025 CM10 in a small tulip glass

in a small tulip glass

A reliable house-pour Greek white that drinks well above its weight

and he has become one of the most convincing voices in Portugal precisely because he refuses to make the kind of polished

above Milly

Aged for a year in barrel without racking before bottled unfiltered—this captures the tension between ripe red fruit and savory earth

Zarate Rias Baixas Albarino 2025 CM10 in a small tulip glassZarate is the benchmark name in Rias Baixas, a family estate now in its seventh generation under Eulogio Pomares, farming the granite soils of Val do Salnes biodynamically. This is the heartland of Albarino, and Zarate's flagship bottling shows exactly why: estate vines averaging over 35 years, wild yeast fermentation, and time on the lees give it real character. Expect a bright, saline white with lime, orchard fruit, and an oyster shell minerality