Pazos de Lusco Albarino 2014 20-40 clay and gneiss

clay and gneiss

nuances of whole berry savouriness and attractive French oak deliver a wine with structure and persistence

maybe just a perception of smoothness after trying other wines

A wine that displays the power of California fruit in part to the warmer weather yet is tempered by the restrained qualities that are Hyde Vineyard’s trademark minerality and freshness

Pazos de Lusco Albarino 2014 20-40 clay and gneissThis Albario comes from a selection of 20 25 years old old Albario vineyards in As Neves, a subdistrict of Condado do Tea. A warm dry growing subdistrict, the vines here are planted at altitudes between 150 300 metres above sea level on decomposed granite. Lusco use a sorting table to select the fruit, very much a rarity in the Ras Baixas, and the yield is cropped at a very low 40 45 hl ha. Only 3000 cases are produced annually and the wines are