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Hazy Mountain
Albariño
Virginia
Monticello
Albariño 100%
Fresh Pear, Lemon Meringue, Overripe Banana, Peonies
Stainless Steel 100%
This is a full bodied, well balanced, food-friendly wine with tons on ripe fruit flavors on the nose and palate. Perfect for anyone looking for a rich, complex white wine.
Low
Med -
Medium
Med +
High
ABOUT
Hazy Mountain 2024 Albariño
The 2024 Hazy Mountain Albariño is a full-bodied, well balanced wine with bright acidity and a rich mouthfeel- crafted to be a very food-friendly wine, but capable of being enjoyed on its own as well.
It was fermented in 100% stainless steel with no malolactic fermentation to maintain peak freshness and present bright fruit flavors for a fresh yet complex wine.
PAIRINGS
IN A PINCH
Rich seafood and asian cuisine.
DEEPER DIVE
This Albariño presents an array of ripe, sometimes tropical fruit notes that are prevalent on the nose and the palate. Its elevated acidity and rich mouthfeel are going to make this wine a great option for fuller dishes that might usually be hard to pair with white wines.
Its best options are going to be rich seafood like sea bass or shellfish such as crab and lobster. The sharp acidity will be able to cut through their buttery notes and provide a much needed contrast to keep the meal balanced.
Albariño will also do well with a little heat, especially in dishes from India and Thailand. Just make sure not to go overboard with the spice level.
STANDOUT FEATURES
- Ripe Fruit Notes
- Linear Acidity
- Rich Mouthfeel
STEAR CLEAR
Even though this wine has a full body, it’s probably still best to avoid red meats and stews.
PAIRING SCALE
Light Dishes
Salads
Raw Bar
Med – Dishes
Fatty Fish
Roast Chicken
Med. Dishes
Lean Meats
Rich Poultry
Med + Dishes
Burgers
Fatty Meats
Full Dishes
Stews
Rich Sauces
CHEESE OPTIONS
Brie
Brie
Country: France
Animal: Cow
Type: Soft
Texture: Creamy
Style: Nutty, rich, buttery.
Taleggio
Taleggio
Country: Italy
Animal: Cow
Type: Soft
Texture: Creamy
Style: Mild, sweet, aromatic
Chèvre
Chèvre
Country: France
Animal: Goat
Type: Soft
Texture: Creamy, crumbly
Style: Acidic, salty, tangy
RECIPE IDEAS
SERVICE
WHICH GLASSES?
Large Burgundy or All-purpose glasses would be best to get the most aromatics out of this wine.
BORDEAUX
BURGUNDY
FLUTE
COUPE
ALL-PURPOSE
WHITE
DESSERT
SHOULD I DECANT THIS?
WHY “Couldn’t hurt”?
There’s enough depth and complexity in this wine to justify breaking out the decanter, and even though the wine shows off its flavors pretty quickly, it could still benefit from some air right out of the bottle.
HOW LONG?
Generally you would want to decant a younger wine for longer to help it open up and be cautious of exposing older wines to oxygen for too long. There are always exceptions of course, but this is a pretty good rule to follow.
Minutes to decant this bottle:
Year opened
SERVING TEMP
The correct serving temperature is important to show a wine’s true potential, but don’t stress over getting the temp exactly right. Use the chart below to try to get in the right ballpark.
AGING
WHEN SHOULD I OPEN THIS?
If a wine has been released by the producer, it means it is ready to drink. Wines don’t necessarily get “better” with age, they just change. Typically, this change involves things like losing fresh fruit flavors in exchange for more savory notes.
The moment you should open the bottle depends on your preference, so it’s more important to understand the evolution and the life span of the bottle than it is to try to time its opening perfectly. (It’s far better to open a bottle too early than too late.)
This bottle should probably be opened between:
20
-
20
Development
Year Opened
PRODUCER
240 Hazy Mountain Ln.,
Afton VA 22920
HAZY MOUNTAIN ESTATE VINEYARD
MONTICELLO AVA
Hazy Mountain is our Estate Vineyard, currently with 35 acres under vine and growing. First planted in 2019, our dreams come true in this vineyard.
The south facing slopes range in elevation from 800 feet to 1,140 feet at the mountain’s crest. Soil varies throughout the vineyard from block to block, but at its core is a very rocky loam soil from parent rock, granite gneiss. The granite ranges from pebbles to boulders, with seemingly a mountain’s worth of quartz scattered throughout the hillsides.
Our steep vineyards are perfect for shedding water and producing the finest wines. Higher density planting of 3 feet between vines, 8-foot-wide rows, and tall posts gives us as much canopy as possible.
With the southern exposure, very rocky, well-drained soil, and excess of room for canopy to grow, we truly believe this site will blow away any doubts that the finest wines in the world can be produced right here in Virginia.
LITTLE NORTH MOUNTAIN
SHENANDOAH VALLEY AVA
Little North Mountain Vineyard is our production vineyard site in Swoope, Virginia: a small, rural community west of Staunton, on the southeast-facing slopes of the west side of the Shenandoah Valley.
Since our first planting in 2016, the vineyard has grown to 50 acres planted upon a beautiful terroir. The soil is made from the erosion of the Little North Mountain range at the foot of North Mountain, with its limestone rock flowing into our foothills. A limestone silt loam leaves a deep blanket across the vineyard that ranges in elevation from 1,550 to 1,700 feet.
The cooler valley climate has a wonderful diurnal temperature flux with warm days and cool nights, preserving our acid as the grapes ripen.
Wind blows constantly through this side of the valley and through the vineyard—we often think we should have considered being windmill farmers instead of grape growers, with how constant the gusts are. These gusts circulating through the vine canopy provide a far less humid site than Virginia grape growing has become accustomed to.
Our ambition is to show you the delicate notes that this balance of terroir offers through the beautiful wines it produces.
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