One of Xurxo’s top wines sourced from a single plot of 100% Albariño located next to the sea • Hand-harvested and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in various neutral vessels • Aged for 8 months in neutral barrel with consistent bâtonnage before being racked off the lees and rested for another 4 months before bottling • Practicing Organic
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Producer:
Vintage:
2024
Country:
Spain
Region:
Galicia
Appellation:
Rias Baixas
Variety:
Albarino
Color:
White
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-ALB-23-24 | 12/750ml |
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Press & Reviews
Tim Atkin, MW
Score
95
Date
2026-01-12
"You can't get much closer to the sea than the 0.3-hectare parcel in Castrelo that supplies the raw material for this Albariño. Lees stirred in stainless steel, it has classic sea breeze and iodine aromas, a mealy, savoury palate, some toast and wet stone and a long, tapering finish. Part of a stunning range of whites and reds. 2025-30"
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2025-12-05
"Lime zest, subtle apricots and salt on the nose. The palate is incisive, with stone fruit that balances its austerity. Saline, taut and compelling in the distinctive way these wines often are. Slightly textured. Drink now or hold."
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
94
Date
2026-01-08
"From a single vineyard planted in 1980 by the sea in mostly sandy soils, 2024 Albariño Alma De Mar is one of the only whites made by the producer that rests on its lees, in this case for eight months in neutral barrel. Textured, light-bodied, and bursting in minerality for days, it has a light and ethereal quality and long length, the flavors a marriage of salt, brioche, and lemon. It should continue to develop over the next 7-10 years but is already tasting great."
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2025-09-23
"The 2024 Albariño Alma de Mar from a vineyard in Castrelo, Salnés, Rías Baixas that is right by the sea. Recently bottled, it is the only wine in the range to receive lees work. Fermented on lees, it opens with notes of anise, pear and white fruit, followed by a touch of custard, pastry, bread crust and rose petal. The palate is unctuous yet delicately fresh, with a smooth texture, creamy midpalate and saline finish. This is appealing, with an interesting flavor profile."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
Wine Advocate
Score
94+
Date
2022-02-28
Tim Atkin, MW
Score
94
Date
2024-12-16
"Alma de Mar, as its name suggests, comes from a single, 0.3-hectare parcel that's rightnext to the sea in Castrelo. Showing the weight and intensity of the 2022, as well as classicAtlantic freshness, it marries aromas of iodine and seaweed with a wet stone, citrus zestand brioche palate. 2024-29."
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2025-07-24
"The nose of the 2023 Alma de Mar is very leesy and smoky, with a very austere, chalky palate with a strong sensation of granite and sea breeze. It comes from grapes grown very close to the sea, and the wine tends to be quite vibrant but also has structure and volume. 3,000 bottles produced."
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2024-07-11
"The 2022 Alma de Mar is Albari¤o from a vineyard that was planted in the 1980s, 0.3 hectares on granite soils with some clay. This is the only white where they work the lees with b'tonnage, 100% in stainless steel for eight months. It's subtly smoky and leesy, with ripe yellow fruit and a moderate 13% alcohol for a very warm and dry year, keeping the balance and poise, with a pH of 3.36 and six grams of acidity. It has a round palate and a sense of elegance and harmony that is remarkable for the year. 2,666 bottles were filled in November 2023."
James Suckling
Score
93
Date
2024-11-19
"Aromas of white flowers and lemon zest with hints of oyster shells. The palate is long and conservative but suspenseful and captivating. This is from a single 44-year-old vineyard planted on shallow granite soils. Fermented and aged exclusively in stainless steel. Already great but better in two years."
Jancis Robinson
Score
16.5
Date
2023-11-13
"Tasted blind. Mineral, delicate, citric. A wine with a very citric profile, with nerve. Tight and long. Very pleasant profile, in the fine style. Austere on the nose and tight on the palate. (FC)"