Jorge Ordoñez, La Caña Albariño, 750ml, Spain

The Wine
La Caña is a wine that Jorge Ordóñez and his winemaking team craft to demonstrate the potential that Albariño shows as a high quality, serious wine. As Jorge was the first person to export this variety, he has a tremendous passion and appreciation for Albariño, and as a result, feels the variety should be used to produce serious wines. La Caña demonstrates the complexity, intensity, and longevity Albariño can achieve when sourced from old vineyards and using serious winemaking practices.
Vineyards
Finca Do Zar, planted in 1970 and San Clemezo (Salnés), planted in 1984.
Viticulture
Traditional dry farmed viticulture, planted in the pergola system due to the Atlantic climate. Very humid for the majority of the year with warm summers. Influenced by the gulf stream. Planted and cultivated completely by hand on very acidic sandy soils originating from the granite mother rock.
Winemaking
Hand-harvested and stored in small baskets. 25% fermentation by indigenous yeast in French oak puncheons and demi-muids (500-600 L. barrels, respectively). 75% fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
Aging if performed by 8 months sur lie in the fermentation vessel. 25% in puncheons and demi-muids and 75% in stainless steel, with battonage.
The Estate
When Jorge first travelled to Rías Baixas, the D.O. did not officially exist. What he found was a rich culture of family viticulture and winemaking. Most families had small plots of Albariño planted on pergolas built with posts taken from the mother rock – granite. Most of this Albariño was fermented and aged on the lees in large chestnut foudres.
Tasting notes
Flinty edge to the poached apricot and white cherry fruit flavors on display in this leesy white. Hints of camomile, spun honey, Meyer lemon peel and blanched almond complexity, while a firm spine of crunchy acidity amps up the freshness and fine tension through the clean-cut, salty finish - Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator, Oct, 2025.