While Pazo de Señorans includes 18.5 hectares of vines surrounding its cellar, the Mareque family has also established long-term contracts with local growers of Albariño in the neighboring villages and hamlets to make this wine. Entirely grown on pergolas and harvested by hand, this Albariño is fermented by parcel or group of adjacent parcels in stainless-steel tanks then aged for at least 5 months on the lees before final blending.
Their young and fresh red 2018 Viña Alberdi, already a Reserva (Crianza in Spain), matured in oak barrel for two years—in new barrels for the first year and in used barrels for the second year. During the élevage, they racked the wine manually from barrel...
This estate makes a beautiful Lirac and their 2019 is 50% Grenache, 25% Mourvedre, 20% Syrah, and a splash of Cinsault that's from a mix of different terroirs. Destemmed and brought up in equal parts demi-muids and concrete tanks, it's a seriously good wi...
Mourchon makes one of the best CDR Blancs in all of the Southern Rhone. A nice blend of 40% Viognier, 20% Grenache Blanc, 20% Roussanne and Marsanne, 20% Clairette and Bourboulenc.