Rías Baixas Albariño 'A Pedreira'

Score

94

"#44 Top 100 Wines of Spain 2025: This has austere aromas of wet stones and restrained ripeness. The tense, incisive and mouthwatering palate is precise, with a lovely texture. This comes from a single parcel and ages for around 11 months in used barrels. A good value. Drink now."

Score

94+

"The young 2024 A Pedreira is serious and austere, subtle, still a tad reductive but following the house style of whites that are clean, elegant and very tasty and with a subtle salty twist in the finish. It was produced with grapes from very white sandy soils in Meaño, Padrenda and Sanxenxo and fermented in oak (barrels and foudres) and 30% in stainless steel, where it matured for four to six months. I think this will be even better with a couple of years in bottle. The work with oak is unnoticeable in the flavors or aromas, but it gives the wine nuance and complexity. It comes in at 13% alcohol, with a pH of 3.32 and 8.1 grams of acidity. 65,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2025."

Score

93

"A Pedreira is Chicho Moldes' biggest volume Albariño, but we're still only talking 60,000, not a million bottles. Made with grapes from around 20 parcels in Cambados, Meaño and Sanxenxo, it has 10% new wood, some older foudres and barrels and 30% stainless steel. Aniseed and fennel aromas are a scented introduction to flavours of citrus and beeswax complemented by a creamy mid palate. 2025-29"

Score

92

"The 2024 Albariño A Pedreira comes mainly from Meaño, with 70% of the wine aged in barrel. It offers aromas of flowers, acacia and tuberose over hints of lime and apple. The palate is dry, tense and marked by subtle oak. Still young, this will gain in expression with time."