🇪🇸 Adegas Galegas Don Pedro de Soutomaior Albariño 2023

This is Albariño with main-character energy: bright, coastal, and way too easy to keep pouring. Crisp enough for oysters, pretty enough for your “one more glass” era.

Wine Description

Don Pedro de Soutomaior Albariño 2023 is Adegas Galegas doing what Rías Baixas does best: clean citrus, orchard fruit, and that salty Atlantic wink that makes seafood taste like it got a promotion. It’s fresh, dry, and built for the kinds of nights that start with “just a quick drink” and end with you texting the group chat from the Uber.

Behind the bottle is Asunción Carballo, the winemaker linked to Adegas Galegas and widely credited for shaping its modern style, with a résumé rooted in Galicia’s white-wine scene. 

Also, yes, the name is a nod to Pedro de Soutomaior (Pedro Madruga), the Galician noble who basically lived like a plot twist. 

Vine-to-Table: Meet the Winemaker 

Asunción Carballo is an enologist associated with Adegas Galegas, known in Spanish wine circles for her work on Atlantic whites, with published bios tying her career to Galicia’s Albariño-driven regions. If you like your crisp whites with precision and zero fluff, she’s the kind of winemaker you want in your corner. 

The Vibe 

Coastal Spain in a clean outfit: zesty, saline-leaning, and confidently refreshing without trying too hard. It’s the bottle you open “for the appetizer” and somehow it’s gone before the main shows up.

What it tastes like

Expect a pale, bright white with aromas that lean into green apple, pear, and citrus, then a dry palate that stays fresh, balanced, and lively through the finish. This is stainless-steel clarity, not oaky drama.

Pairing + When to drink it 

This is a natural yes for shellfish, grilled fish, ceviche, and anything salty-crunchy that loves acidity. Rías Baixas is basically built for seafood culture, and Albariño is its unofficial love language.

Quick Specs 

• Producer: Adegas Galegas 

• Winemaker: Asunción Carballo 

• Region/Appellation: D.O. Rías Baixas (Galicia, Spain) 

• Grapes: Albariño 

• Vintage: 2023

• Winemaking/Aging: Stainless-steel fermentation (temperature-controlled), no oak stated

• ABV: 13% 

• Bottle size: 750 mL 

Critic Reviews

• Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA): 96 points, Gold

  • Reviewed vintage: 2023

  • Date: Results released June 19, 2024

  • Excerpt: Decanter describes Gold (95–96 points) as “outstanding and memorable” within its category. 

FAQs 

Q: Who is “Don Pedro de Soutomaior” and why does this Albariño use his name?
A: The name points to Pedro de Soutomaior, popularly known as Pedro Madruga, a famous 15th-century Galician noble often referenced in regional lore and history. The brand uses the figure as a cultural nod to Galicia, not just a random fancy-sounding title. 

Q: Where is Adegas Galegas based inside Rías Baixas, and why does that matter for style?
A: Coverage of the winery places it in the Condado do Tea area (southern Rías Baixas), with vineyard presence also linked to O Rosal, both zones known for Atlantic freshness and bright aromatics. Translation: you get lift, not heaviness. 

Q: What does a Decanter DWWA Gold medal actually mean in points?
A: In Decanter World Wine Awards scoring, Gold is 95–96 points, described as “outstanding and memorable” within its category. It’s not “cute medal” territory, it’s “judges re-tasted it multiple times” territory.

Q: When were the Decanter World Wine Awards 2024 results released?
A: Decanter published that the DWWA 2024 results were released on Wednesday, 19 June 2024. That’s the results drop tied to this wine’s Gold listing for the 2023 vintage. 

Q: Is this Albariño aged in oak or kept super clean?
A: Available tech sheets/importer materials describe stainless-steel, temperature-controlled fermentation, with no oak aging called out. So the profile stays bright, fruit-forward, and crisp rather than creamy or woody.