Pazo Senorans, Val do Salnés, Rias Baixas (Galicia, Spain) Albarino 2018

 This bodega has made one of the 5 best releases of Albariño in every vintage stretching back more than 20 years, which is a track record that very few producers can match in any of the world’s wine regions.  It excels on the strength of unusually concentrated fruit with impressive depth of flavor, along with a fresh, nimble character that stems from very fresh, thoroughly integrated acidity.  Zesty but satisfying at once, this is the Albariño to use for converting any friends who’ve yet to try this leading category of Spanish whites.