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The new Albariños tasted

Ferran Centelles' tasting of Albarinos in Rías Baixas

Ferran tasted the best of the second-wave Albariños blind. Results below. See also the story of both first and second waves in this distinctive region in the far north-west of Spain in Rías Baixas reinvented.

Below is a short summary of the different subzones of Rías Baixas, with the number of wines tasted and the average rating of them. Some of the wines do not fall strictly within the appellation Rías Biaxas, but I have still included them on the map below. The overall average of the tasting is 16.5, an impressively high number presumably boosted by the fact...