La Marea 'Kristy Vineyard' Albarino

La Marea means ‘the tide’ and Ian and Heather Brands’ La Marea label is a meditation on change and constancy, the pendular swings of culture and winemaking styles, the constancy of the ocean and the tide, the slow tectonic shift that raised the seafloor and brought plows to that earth and grapes from the other side of the world. As Monterey was once the capital of Alta California, and the bright California sun has much more in common with the Iberian peninsula than continental Europe, La Marea focuses on grapes of Spanish origin in the salty, rocky greater Monterey Bay region.

Aromas of white nectarine and honeysuckle abound. Bright acidity leads on the palate framed by a redolence of under ripe pineapple and stone fruit, which persist and blend with wet river rock on the finish.