2022 Albarino
Lemon, lime and nectarine meld with a bit of melon and floral notes for beautiful complexity in the 2022 Albariño. This medium-bodied wine has a mineral and saline note that adds verve to the juicy citrus and stone fruit finish. Look for that signature creamy, honeyed note mid-palate.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Varietal
Albariño
Appellation
Frederick County
Harvest Date
September 6-7
Alcohol %
13
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Juicy and delicious, our 2022 Albariño is medium-bodied and offers a weighty mouthfeel. A customer favorite, this wine is showing lovely aromas and flavors of citrus and stone fruits with a bit of melon and floral for good measure, the 2022 Albariño has a mineral and saline note that adds verve to the juicy citrus and stone fruit finish. Look for that signature creamy, honeyed note mid-palate.
Vineyard Notes
Rarely do we get generosity and high quality in the same year. However, the 2022 vintage gifted us with both! A warm dry summer with just enough rain to keep things humming along was followed by a very dry harvest season, with only one significant rain event. The wines have very good acidity, even better than the 2021's. The reds were uniformly healthy and we got to pick them at our leisure, so we could wait for just the right ripeness levels without worrying about weather events. We got our first wines from Live Edge this year and, while we don't expect the same level of complexity we get from the older vines at BAV, we were happy with the quality of the fruit.
Production Notes
564 cases produced.
Winemaker Notes
Estate-grown and sustainably farmed on our 146 acre farm, our grapes are tended by hand throughout the growing season and are harvested by hand in the fall. After an overnight rest in the cool winery, the Albariño wine grapes are sorted, de-stemmed, and gently pressed before the juice is transferred into stainless steel fermentation tanks. Fermentation is done at a cool temperature and typically takes about a month to complete.