Winemaker Notes
The 2020 Abadia de San Campio clearly displays the unique characteristics of the Galician terroir. Clean aromas of ripe grapefruit, lemons and other citrus are accompanied by soft notes of tropical fruit, ripe peach and delicate aromas of confectioner‘s custard. Perfectly balanced on the palate, this wine is unctuous and characteristically vibrant with a lively acidity and a long finish.
Pair it with shellfish including oysters, clams and crab, Asian and/or spicy cuisine.
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
The hay rack and the sea wrack meet in the scent of this wine, pale, austere and salty. The saffron and lemon flavors are light and crackling with acidity, the perfect match for baked salt cod.
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James Suckling
Dried pineapple, lemon rind, crushed stone and biscuit on the nose. Some white pepper, too. It’s medium-bodied with fresh acidity. Textured, with mineral and spicy character.
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Wine Enthusiast
A pear tart aroma with a sprinkling of lemon zest sets the scene for flavors of Bartlett pear, green apple, lemon-lime and jasmine. There is a nice floral note on the extended finish. Trinchero Family Estates.
Bright and aromatic with distinctive floral and fruity characteristics, Albariño has enjoyed a surge in popularity and an increase in plantings over the last couple of decades. Thick skins allow it to withstand the humid conditions of its homeland, Rías Baixas, Spain, free of malady, and produce a weighty but fresh white. Somm Secret—Albariño claims dual citizenship in Spain and Portugal. Under the name Alvarinho, it thrives in Portugal’s northwestern Vinho Verde region, which predictably, borders part of Spain’s Rías Baixas.
Named after the rías, or estuarine inlets, that flow as far as 20 miles inland, Rías Baixas is an Atlantic coastal region with a cool and wet maritime climate. The entire region claims soil based on granite bedrock, but the inlets create five subregions of slightly different growing environments for its prized white grape, Albariño.
Val do Salnés on the west coast is said to be the birthplace of Albariño; it is the coolest and wettest of all of the regions. Having been named as the original subregion, today it has the most area under vine and largest number of wineries.
Ribeira do Ulla in the north and inland along the Ulla River is the newest to be included. It is actually the birthplace of the Padrón pepper!
Soutomaior is the smallest region and is tucked up in the hills at the end of the inlet called Ria de Vigo. Its soils are light and sandy over granite.
O Rosal and Condado do Tea are the farthest south in Rías Baixas and their vineyards actually cover the northern slopes of the Miño River, facing the Vinho Verde region in Portugal on its southern bank.
Albariño gives this region its fame and covers 90% of the area under vine. Caiño blanco, Treixadura and Loureira as well as occasionally Torrontés and Godello are permitted in small amounts in blends with Albariño. Red grapes are not very popular but Mencía, Espadeiro and Caiño Tinto are permitted and grown.