Fulcro - High Scoring New Wave Albariño Introductory Offer
“Fulcro is, for me, the most promising of the small producers, making extremely authentic and tasty wines.”
Ferran Centelles, sommelier at the world-renowned El Bulli for 13 years until its closure, writing for Jancisrobinson.com of a blind tasting on Albariños in 2021
The Domaine
Having made wines for his family’s own consumption, Fulcro was started in 2009 as a small project by the passionate vigneron of Manuel Moldes Moraña, or Chicho as he is known by friends and family, and has grown into one of the most exciting wineries in the Albariño capital of Rías Baixas. Manuel’s vineyards are located in the Val do Salnés in front of the Atlantic Ocean, where the climate is mild but humid, and not exposed to the warmer Mediterranean influence of winds from eastern Spain.
The wine making here is hands off and terroir focused, with no pesticides or herbicides used in the vineyards, and with wines bottled by sites according to their soil composition. The wines do not go through malolactic fermentation as Manuel aims for more structure and acidity to produce wines for medium term consumption, but they are aged for longer than the usual 5-6 months in the region before bottling, and are left in contact with lees for longer. Ageing the wines in used oak barrels instead of just stainless steel to craft wines with a fuller body and more complexity also help distinguish the Fulcro wines from its peers.
The resulting wines are floral on the nose, and exhibit the expected bright acidity, citrus fruit, and salinity on the palate, but they also offer more intensity and volume when compared to other wines in the region. Production is small, and the wines are exquisite. As the exclusive importer in Hong Kong, we invite you to discover these world class wines from Spain’s top white wine region.
You can taste these wines with our limited introductory mixed case offer at a 20% discount off our retail prices including free shipping to standard Hong Kong destinations. Alternatively, please use the time limited discount code “FULCROINTRO” for a 15% discount off any of the Fulcro wines (usual shipping charges apply, but you can combine the Fulcro wines with others on our list).
All wines are in stock in Hong Kong, and offered subject to final confirmation and remaining unsold. E. & O. E.
THE MIXED CASE
Fulcro Albarino Experience Mixed Case - $1,432 per case (normal retail price $1,790)
2 bottles of Fulcro A Pedreira 2020 | RP93
2 bottles of Fulcro O Equilibrio 2020 | RP95
1 bottle of Fulcro A Cesteira 2020 | RP94
1 bottle of Fulcro Nas Dunas 2019 | RP95
(*Please note the “FULCROINTRO” promo code does not apply to this mixed case)
The Wines
(Single bottle purchases are available on our website via the link below)
Fulcro A Pedreira 2020
“The 2020 A Pedreira comes from different small vineyards and is the basic wine here. There is a change in this vintage: they increased the percentage of wine that matured in barrel, trying to age most of the wine for a few months, rotating between stainless steel and barrel, as they want the polished texture and acidity of the wine oxygenated in barrel. The wine has 13% alcohol, didn't go through malolactic and has kept very good freshness and balance. It's clean and tasty, pure and focused. Very good. Some 20,000 bottles produced.”
Score: 93
Luis Gutiérrez, Issue 259 End of February 2022, The Wine Advocate, March 2022
Fulcro O Equilibrio 2020
“2020 was a year of high acidity, but the 2020 O Equilibrio feels really balanced, harmonious and integrated, with the sensation of very polished acidity even if it is higher than in 2019, polished by the time in oak. It has structure and complexity without being too ripe (it's 13% alcohol), and it has the balance and freshness to develop nicely in bottle. 5,300 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2021.”
Score: 95
Luis Gutiérrez, Issue 259 End of February 2022, The Wine Advocate, March 2022
Fulcro A Cesteira 2020
“The 2020 A Cesteira feels sharp and wild with piercing acidity and an effervescent sensation on the palate. It is a little austere on the nose, serious and subtle, electric and vibrant. It has purity, symmetry and nuance and is crystalline and precise. It has 13% alcohol, a pH of 3.01 and 9.4 grams of acidity (tartaric), really unusual parameters—moderate alcohol and great freshness. This comes from a 0.6-hectare plot with pergola vines planted some 45 years ago on slate and clay soils. It matured in stainless steel for seven months and spent four months in 500-liter oak barrels. Production has grown in 2020 to 2,000 bottles. It was bottled in August 2021.”
Score: 95
Luis Gutiérrez, Issue 259 End of February 2022, The Wine Advocate, March 2022
Fulcro Nas Dunas 2019
“The 2019 Nas Dunas (the dunes) was produced with grapes from a vineyard planted on very fine sand—like beach sand—in the zone of Arra. This soil tends to produce fine and elegant wine that also has volume. It fermented with natural yeasts in a 700-liter oak barrel where it matured for one year. This is fresher than the 2018, and it has moderate ripeness and integrated acidity. 800 bottles were filled in August 2020.”
Score: 94
Luis Gutiérrez, Issue 259 End of February 2022, The Wine Advocate, March 2022