Zarate Albarino Ri­as Baixas El Palomar 2022 (750ML)

96 JS / 95 WA

#16 James Suckling Top 100 Spanish 2024

This has subtle aromas of dried pineapple, apples and an herbal note. This wine always has a special energy. It’s direct, textured, juicy and approachable, but also well constructed and intrinsically serious. This is one of the great single vineyards of the region. Drink now or hold. - James Suckling

The 2022 El Palomar has an expressive nose with more exuberance, reflecting the warmer year. It has pungent flavors, with some notes of cereals and honeycomb, and it's gentle and accessible, very approachable and tender. This should be a commercial success, with its velvety texture and integrated acidity, slightly riper. 2,500 bottles and 150 magnums were produced. It was bottled in June 2023.--Luiz Gutierrez, The Wine Advocate