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La Marea

2019 La Marea Albarino Kristy Vineyard 2019
Albarino
California Central Coast
17.95
40% off
30.00
AVG. Price
Buy on firstbottlewines.com
Pairs well with
Korean BBQ, Smoked fish, Grilled seafood, Smoked cheeses, Grilled fruits, Grilled vegetables

Tasting Profile

Look

Medium lemon

Smell

Meyer lemon rind, apple aromas, and honeysuckle

Taste

Baked pear, melon, grapefruit, lemon zest

Body

Light bodied

Brief

Normally $30, Ian Brand’s crazy-delicious, refreshing Albarino is just what you need to shake it up a bit. So good! La Marea is made by Ian Brand of Le P’tit Paysan, a tiny winery focused on single vineyard Spanish varietals “rooted in the sea, the soil and the sea air”. Brand believes Monterey and San Benito to be some of the most ideally suited climates in California for Spanish varietals like Albariño, Grenache (Garnacha), and Mourvedre (Monastrell). He’s all about picking at lower Brix (lower sugars), native yeast and little to no oak. You MUST try this wine (especially at our price we scored!) and get out of the Sauvignon Blanc rut -- cool, crisp, minerally and highly complex, with killer acidity and zip. The Kristy Vineyard grows on the western bench over the Salinas River on the broken sediment of ancient sea beds where it is exposed to the consistent cooling winds off Monterey Bay. Kristy is a special one, because Albariño in the vineyard reaches full phenological ripeness at low potential alcohol and bright natural acidity later in the season. $17.95! $107.70 a 6-PACK, w/ free ground shipping, of course! While it lasts!