Rias Baixas Albarino O Equilibrio Bodegas Fulcro 2023 (750ML)

96+ Points, Luis Gutiérrez, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The wine that started it all goes even one step further in nuance, complexity and even balance. I'm taking about the superb 2023 O Equilibrio, cropped from a very balanced year with good ripeness and very good freshness. It's precise, multifaceted, subtle and elegant, with incredible detail, focused and precise like a laser cut. The word is balance, which is what the wine's name means. They aim for more complexity and structure than A Pedreira, produced mostly with grapes from the Xesteira vineyard on schist soils and two small plots on sandy soils in Arra. It fermented and matured in used 400- to 700-liter French oak barrels for 11 months. It has the following parameters: 13% alcohol, 3.26 pH and 7.9 grams of acidity. At this price, the quality is unbelievable. It should age beautifully. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2024." 07/25

95 Points, Jacobo García Andrade, JamesSuckling.com: "This is herbal, with austere aromas of fennel, wet slate and ocean shore. The palate is saline, medium- to full-bodied and tense, with a subtle phenolic grip and lingering salinity. Aged in neutral barrels of different sizes. Drink now or hold." 08/25