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Lusco Do Miño

Rias Baixas

This benchmark Albariño is a brilliant, exotic dry white.

Our notes:

From 1984, José Antonio López revived world awareness and respect for Galicia's Albariño variety as founder and managing partner of the Morgadío estate, located in the Miño River district of Condado do Tea. He accomplished this by consistently offering a fully ripe style (not easy in this rain-soaked part of Spain), giving new dimension to Albariño's range of flavors - being the first to elicit comparisons to top Viognier. In 1996, José Antonio struck out on his own to create an intense, dry Albariño which would fully realize his personal ideals. A purchase option - successfully exercised in 2001 - was obtained for Pazo Piñeiro, a twelve-acre southeast-facing Albariño estate in Alxén near Salvaterra do Miño (also Condado do Tea), featuring an important 16th-century granite manor house (Pazo). The thick-walled, cool, insulated cellar accomodates the tiny, modern bodega facility.

Since 1996, Lusco Albariño has been consistently acclaimed by the Spanish and international press, establishing itself as a leader for authenticity and quality of this increasingly popular wine style. Approximately 3,400 cases per year are produced of this full-bodied yet decidedly racy and mineral wine. We have shipped this from the mid '90s. As was clearly exhibited by the 1997 we poured at a recent trade tasting, this is a wine that can age however it is typically so seductive as a young wine there is little reason to wait.

What the critics are saying:

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, 90 points, outstanding
"Pale gold. Smoky, rich and full on the nose, showing deep orange, pear and mineral scents. Lush, expansive and powerful, with ripe pear, apple and tangerine flavors and a musky, minerally nuance. Palate-staining and deep, with silky texture and excellent length. As usual, an Albarino star of the vintage"

Lusco Do Miño

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Rias Biaxas

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Lusco Do Miño

Lusco Do Miño Zios 2009

Arriving June. This is simply a bargain from one of the most important Estates in Rias Baixas. Zios comes from a fragmented selection of twenty year old Albariño groves in Salvaterra, a subdistrict... read more

Product Code: 8990-750

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Lusco Do Miño Zios 2010

Zios comes from a selection of twenty year old Albariño vineyards in Salvaterra, in the subdistrict of Condado do Tea. A warm dry growing subdistrict, the vines are planted at altitudes between... read more

Product Code: 9454-750

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Lusco Do Miño Zios 2008

Coming from a selection of fruit from vines averaging 20 years of age in the sub district of Condado do Tea with a yield not exceeding 7'000 kg per hectare. Clear and bright yellow-green colour.... read more

Product Code: 7849-750

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Lusco Albariño Lusco Do Miño 2006

Pale gold. Smoky, rich and full on the nose, showing deep orange, grapefruit, pear and mineral scents. Full-flavoured but crisp, with fleshy citrus and pit fruit flavours. Lush, expansive and... read more

Product Code: 6961-750

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