About 25 years ago Rafael, one of the brothers behind Pardevalles, discovered a handful vines of Albarín on land he had inherited from his great-grandfather. At the time no one was making Albarín wines and Rafael decided to risk it with a completely unknown grape. He slowly started reproducing his Albarin vines and eventually, 12 years and 300 vines later, he brought his first bottle of Albarín to the market.

Today, Pardevalles is the largest producer of Albarín in the world. Their 25 acres of Albarín vines are grown on trellises and machined harvested at night in order to collect the grapes when they are at their coolest. The grapes spend 24-36 hours in contact with their skins before the must is drained away. The skins are never pressed. In fact, Pardevalles doesn’t even own a press! They make all of their wines using only free-run juice.

This Albarín ferments in cement for about 15 days before being transferred to stainless steel tanks. Here it will rest on its lees until bottling, which began in December 2020. While most of Pardevalles’s wines are only sold locally, global demand for Albarín has skyrocketed in recent years. More than 30 countries now compete for the mere 40,000 bottles of Albarín that Pardevalles can produce each year.