Arterra Albarino 2023

Alcohol: 12.5%

Grape(s): 100% Albarino

Localization: Delaplane, Virginia, USA

Tasting Notes: This is bright and fresh and full of citrus – lots of pop and pow in the mouth. I was so excited for this wine, and it really delivered. A good bit of fresh lemon on the nose and taste.

The Domain: Arterra Wines has long since embraced the idea of True Terrior. So what does this really mean? At Arterra, we utilize minimal interventions in the cellar. This includes all Native Yeast Fermentations (we will discuss the significance of this in another post), no additives or chemicals, minimal sulfites, and neutral oak. Creating wine with these cleaner methods means one very significant thing, YOU MUST HAVE HIGH QUALITY FRUIT. Having the best fruit is the pillar of creating a true terrior wine. The grapes will tell the narrative of how each vintage year evolved. Terrior is not just soil and earth, terrior as a philosophy is the story of growing the grapes. This not only includes overall land topography (slope), but also the people who tended the fruit, what chemicals were used (or in our case not used), how much the sun was shining, how much it rained or didn’t rain, how hot or humid, how cool and when; and YES, the natural yeast that grow on the skins of the fruit are all part of true terrior. Embracing all of these aspects and steering them to grow high quality fruit is just as much science as art.