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Zárate El Palomar 2024

£44.91 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland

£42.69/ud (-5%)

Eulogio Pomares Zárate
Rías Baixas

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£44.91 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland

£42.69/ud (-5%)

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Features

Type of wine

Barrel Aged White

Pairings

Seafood, Sushi

Style

Deep and mineral

Occasions

Romantic Dinner, Gift

Winery

Eulogio Pomares Zárate

Size

75 cl.

Country

Spain

Region

Galicia

Appellation

Rías Baixas

Alcohol

13.0%

Grapes

Albariño

Serving

Between 8ºC and 10ºC

Winemaking

Fermented in 2.200 litre French oak foudres. Aged on lees for 9 months.

Description

In the heart of Meaño, in the Val do Salnés sub-region(DO Rías Baixas), a tiny plot of barely 0.36 hectares stands quietly guarding the roots of one of Galicia's most unique Albariños: Zárate El Palomar. This wine is born from centenary vines on ungrafted vines, an almost extinct rarity in the Spanish vineyard, and probably the oldest documented in the entire appellation. El Palomar is not just a vineyard: it is a living memory, a testimony of resistance to the passage of time and the advance of modern pile-dressing. Here, the roots penetrate the granite rock as if searching for ancient answers, extracting from the subsoil a pure and sharp minerality that will mark the character of the wine.

The history of Zárate El Palomar is also the story of a courageous decision. While others opted for production, Eulogio Pomares decided to preserve this centenary jewel, to accept its meagre yield (barely 38 hl/ha) and to opt for a vinification that would respect its essence. The result is an Albariño for ageing with an austere and complex profile, which defies the conventions of the variety with a raw elegance, without ornamentation.

Winemaking

Each cluster destined for Zárate El Palomar is harvested by hand with surgical precision, and a rigorous selection process is carried out in the vineyard itself. After destemming, the grapes are subjected to a slow and delicate pressing, extracting a low concentration must. Fermentation takes place in a single foudre of French Vosges oak of 2,200 litres and 15 years of age. Far from bringing pronounced woody notes, this vessel favours a very subtle oxidative ageing, which allows the wine to maintain prolonged contact with its fine lees. No racking is carried out during malolactic fermentation - which occurs spontaneously - and only after its completion is the first and only racking carried out before an additional ageing of three months on the lees.

It is this patience, this respect for the wine's time, which allows Zárate El Palomar to become a white wine for ageing, capable of evolving nobly for at least a decade.

Taste

The first approach to Zárate El Palomar is almost silent. Nothing in it shouts. It is a wine that reveals itself slowly, like an ancient secret. On the nose, there are notes of wet stone, dried lime, grapefruit zest and a faint trace of beeswax. Nothing fruity or exuberant: austerity and precision dominate.

On the palate, its structure is sharp, tightened by an electric but perfectly integrated acidity. It crosses the palate like a flint knife, leaving a trail of salinity, marine freshness and lively granite. The ageing on the lees provides a fine, enveloping texture, without detracting from the verticality of the whole. Long finish, with echoes of green lemon, herbal infusion and a saline aftertaste reminiscent of the Atlantic wind hitting the coast of O Grove.

Zárate El Palomar does not seek to seduce; it demands attention. It is a wine for those who know how to wait, for those who find beauty in the essential.

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