{"product_id":"albarino-de-fefinanes-iii-ano-2019-750ml","title":"Albariño de Fefiñanes III Año 2022 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePalacio de Fefinanes Albarino \"III Ano\"  is made from 100 percent Albarino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe III Año shows all the expressiveness of the Albariño grape, with full nose of mature fruit and a mineral character. Complex and meaty with firm structure in the mouth, it promises a splendid evolution which will favor a long life for this elegant wine with personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAged for 3 years on the lees in stainless steel tanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWine is aged for a total of 6 months: 4 months in French and American Oak barrels. No new oak, only 1, 2 and 3 year old barriques. During these 4 months, wine is aged on the fine lees with frequent Batonnage (stirring of the lees) in order to get the most expressive notes from the Albarino varietal. Then, it is transfered into a stainless steel tank, which allows the oak aromas to be assimilated and integrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1583 is the birth date of the Viscount of Fefinanes, Gonzalo Sarmiento Valladares, builder of the Castle of Fefinanes, in Cambados. They wanted to pay tribute to their ancestor with this wine that managed to reach a perfect harmony between the fruitiness of the Albarino grape and the complexity brought by the oak aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent with shellfish, grilled or stewed fish, white meats, poultry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Palacio de Fefinanes Estate\u003cbr\u003eFounded in 1904, Palacio de Fefinanes is housed inside a spectacular baronial palace which sits on the lovely main square of coastal Cambados. The facility was built in 1647 by vicount of Fefiñanes Gonzalo Sarmiento Valladares (1583-1659) and is currently owned by Juan Gil Careaga. Palacio de Fefiñanes was the first producer to bottle wine under the D.O. Rías Baixas denomination. The label design dates from 1928 and shows an engraving of the Fefiñanes Palace.\u003cbr\u003eThe winemaker is Cristina Mantilla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Clean, mineral-laced Albariños from a producer housed in a baronial palace.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Anthony Dias Blue's pocket guide to wine 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Palacio de Fefinanes Vineyards\u003cbr\u003eProduced in the Rias Baixas region, where the vineyards are quite windy due to the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean. It also provides acidity and freshness to the wine. The winery has only a token acreage, and buys its Albariño grapes from producers under long-term contract and with technical assistance from the winery's enologist. They make two 100% Albariño wines: Albariño de Fefiñanes, a young traditional style Rías Baixas white (30,000 bottles\/year); and 1583 Albariño de Fefiñanes, aged six months in 600 liter sherry butts (4,000 bottles\/year - annual production: 100,000 liters). Year after year, local critics rate Albariño de Fefiñanes as one of the best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fefiñanes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43728927129824,"sku":"113835","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/products\/fefinanes-albarino-de-fefinanes-iii-ano_1.jpg?v=1670527832","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/albarino-de-fefinanes-iii-ano-2019-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}