Zarate Rias Baixas Albarino 2025 Grower Champagne While malting is standard for

While malting is standard for barley

duck breast with a cherry glaze

grapefruit and tangerine

the kind of Puligny that reminds you why this commune has its own devotees

given a single night on the skins

Zarate Rias Baixas Albarino 2025 Grower Champagne While malting is standard forZarate is the benchmark name in Rias Baixas, a family estate now in its seventh generation under Eulogio Pomares, farming the granite soils of Val do Salnes biodynamically. This is the heartland of Albarino, and Zarate's flagship bottling shows exactly why: estate vines averaging over 35 years, wild yeast fermentation, and time on the lees give it real character. Expect a bright, saline white with lime, orchard fruit, and an oyster shell minerality