Meet the Wine Producer with Wine Industry Mallorca: Xurxo Alba at Albamar (SPANISH)
Season 1, Episode 85, Jun 23, 2020, 06:00 PM
Although it was his father, Luis, who planted the Albariño vines when Xurxo was a child, it was he who was responsible for making the first house wine.
A simple wine that she sold in bulk and without labeling in the small grocery store that her mother Isabel runs, where they also say that the countrymen can eat the best omelette in the region.
This wine rooted in the area was the starting point for Xurxo, who after studying winemaking gave himself body and soul and with great concern to the family winery. Since then he has put his wines on the radar of the unmissables.
Its wines are increasingly appreciated in Galicia and outside it. In fact, the discovery of one of them by wine journalist Eric Asimov led him to be present in the American newspaper The New York Times . A whole accolade.
Sustainable viticulture
One of the premises from which Xurxo Alba started was to seek the least possible intervention in its wines, both in the vineyard and in the winery. She states that she would like to try making a part of her wines without sulfur.
It does not till the soil , it only breaks it a little to oxygenate it. He uses native yeasts and his cellar, which looks more like a garage, is full of stainless steel tanks and barrels where he experiments with the elaborations.
Atlantic wines
His desire to try new things is intrinsic to his way of being, something that is reflected in his wide range of wines of small production and marked Atlantic character. Freshness and nerve are two constants in his way of making wines, something that he constantly tries to preserve and enhance.
To order this wine and many more, head on over to wineindustry.es and visit their online shop.
A simple wine that she sold in bulk and without labeling in the small grocery store that her mother Isabel runs, where they also say that the countrymen can eat the best omelette in the region.
This wine rooted in the area was the starting point for Xurxo, who after studying winemaking gave himself body and soul and with great concern to the family winery. Since then he has put his wines on the radar of the unmissables.
Its wines are increasingly appreciated in Galicia and outside it. In fact, the discovery of one of them by wine journalist Eric Asimov led him to be present in the American newspaper The New York Times . A whole accolade.
Sustainable viticulture
One of the premises from which Xurxo Alba started was to seek the least possible intervention in its wines, both in the vineyard and in the winery. She states that she would like to try making a part of her wines without sulfur.
It does not till the soil , it only breaks it a little to oxygenate it. He uses native yeasts and his cellar, which looks more like a garage, is full of stainless steel tanks and barrels where he experiments with the elaborations.
Atlantic wines
His desire to try new things is intrinsic to his way of being, something that is reflected in his wide range of wines of small production and marked Atlantic character. Freshness and nerve are two constants in his way of making wines, something that he constantly tries to preserve and enhance.
To order this wine and many more, head on over to wineindustry.es and visit their online shop.