We do not know if they would have preferred to eat partridges, but we do know that they drank happily. It wasn’t a wedding but the coming-out of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, the eldest daughter of the crown prince Haakon from Norway and his wife, the princess Mette Marit, that in the banquet of most age has enjoyed an Albariño de Rías Baixas that barely is worth 16 euros.
It will be a matter of the Atlantic character that unites both cultures, or perhaps the good pairing with the first dish of the agape to which the flower and cream of the European monarchies has attended (including King Felipe VI of Spain), who enjoyed a baked leech salad with baked roe with trout and hazelnut roe, but the truth is that Albamar 2020, the entrance door of this cellar in Rías Baixas, has been chosen to start the convent.
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Barely two hectares of vineyard dedicated to the most Galician of grapes are the wickers with which Xurxo Alba, the heir to this small family business that his father started in Cambados, in the heart of Val do Salnés, and which has now been tasted by the great royal houses of the Old Continent.
Fresh, saline, with a acid aftertaste and with the wild fruitiness of the albariño, There can be no doubt that pairing it with a lightly baked dish based on vegetables is an ideal dance partner to put this fresh and young Galician wine into dance which, in case you are curious to see how the European nobility drinks, you can find here.
Albamar 2021. DO Rias Baixas.
By the way, if you’re curious how the banquet ended, we’re disappointed to make believe that royal houses are faithful to eternal tables. The second It was a hake -based dish with tomato and tarragon, accompanied by Anna potatoes, fennel and spinach, which could also be accompany wonderful with the albamar of Xurxo Alba, although in this case the chosen one was a pinot noir from Burgundy.
as a dessert, a mixture of chocolate and mascarpone cheese which shows that the tastes of high European royalty are increasingly earthy to the point that we can even enjoy the same wines that they put on their tables.
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