Nanclares y Prieto, beautiful wines from Rías Baixas
Website: https://nanclaresyprieto.es/
I tasted these wines at Simplesmente Vinho in Porto in February 2026 with Alberto Nanclares (pictured above). He started this winery in the late 1990s a few years after he’d moved to Castrelo. An economist, he’d bought a house with vineyards, and then decided to make wine. After using an enologist he turned to making the wines himself, and also farming in a less interventionist way. The Prieto in the name is from Sylvia Prieto, a consultant who’d worked with Alberto and who became a partner in the project a decade ago. They make beautifully pure, expressive wines both from their own vineyards and also those of grower partners. The whites are brilliant, and while the reds are good I think a less oxidative winemaking approach might suit them better.
Nanclares y Prieto Blanco 2024 Rías Baixas, Spain
Albariño from lots of different plots, almost all in stainless steel. Nice presence: bright and pithy with good acidity under the lively citrus fruit. 92/100
Nanclares y Prieto Obocoi Vello 2023 Rías Baixas, Spain
Whole cluster foot trodden and macerated for 2 days, then pressed to chestnut barrels. Saline and dry with some pithy character. Nice salinity and weight here, showing lovely balance. Fine and characterful. 94/100
Nanclares y Prieto Alberto Nanclares 2024 Rías Baixas, Spain
This is Albariño fermented and aged in used French oak. Concentrated, stony and vivid with nice citrus presence. Saline. Dried herbs. 94/100
Nanclares y Prieto Soverribas 2024 Rías Baixas, Spain
This is from a single parcel of Albariño with more clay. Powerful and structured. Stony and mineral. Green apples and herbs. Real energy. 93/100
Nanclares y Prieto Chuvisca 2023 Rías Baixas, Spain
Foot trodden whole clusters, 6 hours’ maceration. Pale, very stony and mineral with nice texture. Some cherry and pear. 92/100
Nanclares y Prieto Tinto 2024 Rías Baixas, Spain
Mencía, Caiño, Espadeiro, Sousón and Brancellao from a collection of 8 plots in the villages of Salnés and Condado zones. Some lift on the nose. Restrained, mineral, taut and savoury on the palate. Juicy. 92/100
Nanclares y Prieto Vermella 2021 Rías Baixas, Spain
Caiño and Mencía from several parcels in Salnes. Savory herbal and bright with a mineral streak. Distinctive. High acid. 91/100
Nanclares y Prieto Oson Das Pisadas 2022 Rías Baixas, Spain
Mencia. Savoury, stony. Well balanced with restrained fruit. Has nice energy. 93/100
UK agent: https://www.indigowine.com/producer/alberto-nanclares/
