Albarin Blanco

I was passing by this booth displaying different wines made from Prieto Picudo, when I remarked that I had tasted all of the grapes they use to make wines. It turned out not to be true, as Albarin (Blanco) is not the same as Albarino. This rare grape from a small area of Spain (there are apparently only 35 acres of this grape on earth, of which this estate has already 11) is easily confused with Albarino, which may be related but are certainly distinct from each other. Albarin comes from Leon and Asturias, and it is lower in acidity than Albarino and tends towards tropical fruit flavours. As for this wine, it was a pale lemon with an aromatic fruity nose. The palate was off dry and slightly fruity, with a slightly bitter (grape pips astringency) acid backbone.