Bodegas Fillaboa - La Fillaboa 1898 2016

Druva

Albariño

Tasting note

Harvested from eight different plots in 2010, an exceptionally good year for Albarino from Rías Baixas (the subzone Condado de Tea, near the Portuguese border).The last time this wine was bottled was 2019. That means that it aged for nine years on the lees. It was subject to careful battonage at regular intervals. Unusually, the wine has largely preserved its original freshness while gaining in complexity over the years.

1898 was the year in which the first Albarino from this bodega made an Atlantic crossing, in this case to Cuba. It was called 'Vino del Condado de la Fillaboa' from where it gets its name.

Complex ripe white fruit, citrus, herbs, dough (i.e. patisserie) with a background of balsam. Nicely integrated acids, rounded, good volume and a long finish.

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Technical sheet

Originating from the emblematic Monte Alto plot, this Albariño white wine is made with grapes from one of our highest altitude vineyards, 150m above sea level. We are talking about an inland terroir, with an exceptional location in a meander of the Minho, just before the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. The long hours of sunshine that fills the vines with life, gives the grapes a progressive and constant growth and maturation that, together with the age of the vineyard, planted in 1988, make these Albariño grapes offer us white wines of exceptional character and quality. 

To achieve the expression and spirit of the best Albariño wines from the Rías Baixas DO, we work with a traditional winemaking process to which we pay a lot of attention and care. Fillaboa Selección Finca Monte Alto starts with an alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature, with 14ºC at the beginning of fermentation and 16ºC at the end. To enhance the true character of the Rías Baixas we use a selection of indigenous yeasts and keep the wine on fine lees for a minimum of 12 months in stainless steel tanks.

With all this care and wisdom we achieve an Albariño white wine with a high aromatic intensity and a delicate straw yellow color that reflects bright greenish tones. When we dwell a little more on this Albariño wine, we discover notes of ripe fruit, apple and citrus, which give way to hints of bakery flavors such as brioche and light toasted notes that gain prominence with time in the bottle.

If we want to taste it at lunch or dinner, Fillaboa Selección Finca Monte Alto (DO Rías Baixas, 100% Albariño) is perfect for pairing with seafood, shellfish, baked fish, pasta dishes, some types of sashimi and vegetable wok.

Fillaboa Selección Finca Monte Alto is an outstanding wine with numerous recognitions, including the Double Gold from Gilbert Gaillard 2022, the Gold Medal in the Wine, Distillates and Wineries Guide of Galicia 2021, from the 2018 vintage. ; and other awards in which it has obtained a high score such as Wine Spectator 2022, with 91 points and the Special Report of Rías Baixas 2022 by Tim Atkin, with a score of 93 points.

The wine team - Bodegas Fillaboa