Albariño
Rosalia 2024
Constantina Sotelo

Grape Variety: Albariño

Producer: Constantina Sotelo

Region: Rias Baixas, Galicia, Spain

Wild Scale: 3/5

Vegan friendly wine

13% alcohol

Winemaking: Organic Albariño grapes were harvested by hand. Fermentation with indigenous yeast in old barrels. Aged on the lees in stainless steel tanks for 1 year. Bottled with no fining, filtration or added sulphur.

This Wine: Natural white wine with a strong saline and mineral quality along with subtle citrus fruit. Usually this is Constantina's entry level cuvée but huge losses to grapes in a difficult vintage meant that this was the only wine made. So the 2024 contains some of the best quality Albariño grapes usually reserved for more expensive wines. A real bargain.

Notes on the Winemaker: Constantina Sotelo makes natural wine in the famous region of Rias Baixas, the home of Albariño. However, the wines she produces are very different to your typical bottles from here. She works outside the DO which requires wines to be filtered and sulphured and instead focuses on making honest and authentic expressions of Albariño and some local red varieties. In 2018, we visited her in the beautiful surroundings of this part of Spain to see the vineyards and taste the many wines she produces.