Zarate Rias Baixas Albarino 2025 22BDX Cailleret sits on the midslope

Cailleret sits on the midslope just south of the Puligny border

the name sake for this Mars Whisky

"VZ16" requires a bit of decoding: the VZ stands for Verzenay

she lets the grape do what it does best: bright red fruit

The liter is the format Stanko insisted on — too much for one

Zarate Rias Baixas Albarino 2025 22BDX Cailleret sits on the midslopeZarate is the benchmark name in Rias Baixas, a family estate now in its seventh generation under Eulogio Pomares, farming the granite soils of Val do Salnes biodynamically. This is the heartland of Albarino, and Zarate's flagship bottling shows exactly why: estate vines averaging over 35 years, wild yeast fermentation, and time on the lees give it real character. Expect a bright, saline white with lime, orchard fruit, and an oyster shell minerality