Winery Viña AlbaAirén - Chardonnay
White wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Viña Alba's Airén - Chardonnay.
Discover the grape variety: Schoenburger
Aromatic and fruity whites with a pale golden hue, a supple palate with moderate acidity and signature Muscat aromas of rose, peach, white-fleshed fruits and light spice notes. Early-ripening and hardy. Grown in Germany, England and Canada, it adapts to northerly wine-growing climates. Synonym for Schönburger, a German variety obtained in 1979 at Geisenheim, a cross of Pinot Noir × Pirovano 1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Airén - Chardonnay from Winery Viña Alba are 2017, 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Viña Alba
The Winery Viña Alba is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Vinos de Pago to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vinos de Pago
Top of the Spanish quality pyramid (above DOCa and DO), reserved for 25 exceptional estates. Estate wines, grapes and vinification exclusively on site, 10 years of track record. All styles: concentrated, barrel-aged Cabernet, Syrah and Tempranillo reds (Dominio de Valdepusa, Arínzano, Pago de Otazu), maker's blends, a few ambitious whites. Great stylistic freedom.
The word of the wine: Tanin
A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.
