Rare Spanish whites – the tasting notes, A-J

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Ferran's fascinating research into these little-known Spanish white varieties is explained in detail in Spanish white rare grapes, a quality contrast. In the second part of the tasting notes, he describes Lado to Verdil.

The tasting notes below are grouped by grape variety in alphabetical order, and where there is more than one wine under a grape variety, they are in alphabetical order by producer. (In the variety introductions below, the data given for area under vine are for 2009.)

ALBARÍN
19 ha planted. This is a grape grown in Asturias, a region with huge potential, cold, mountainous, rainy...