For the 2025 vintage of Familia Torres Pazo das Bruxas Albariño (Rías Baixas), I’m finding one published professional critic score so far:
Context from earlier vintages
The 2025 looks consistent with a strong recent run, although the 2025 should not be confused with scores for earlier vintages:
- 2024: 92 Wine Enthusiast — “Excellent / Highly Recommended” by Wine Enthusiast's scoring scale. The review emphasizes green/yellow fruit, energetic acidity and mineral character.
- 2024: 92 Semana Vitivinícola, 91 James Suckling, 90.31 Wine Up according to Familia Torres' technical documentation.
- 2023: 90 Decanter and 90 James Suckling.
Bottom line: the 2025 Pazo das Bruxas is currently a ~91-point professional-level wine, with the available reviews particularly praising freshness, high acidity, citrus/mineral character and typicity. It looks like a very good value-oriented Rías Baixas Albariño, rather than a heavily oaked or especially powerful style.
Winemaker's Notes
Luminous and clear straw yellow color. Clean and intense floral aromas with deliciously ripe citrus notes (pineapple preserves). Rich and flavorful, with lush extract and a seductive midpalate.
Wine Spectator
Delicate floral and spice aromas accents flavors of passion fruit, peach skin, lime zest and mineral in this lithe, vibrant white.
History
In 2020, Familia Torres Winery is celebrating their 150th anniversary, but the family’s roots extend even farther than that. The first mention of the Torres wine family was in 1557, but the winery wasn’t established until 1870, when the profits from the family shipping company made it possible to enter the commercial wine space.
Miguel Torres Vendrell founded the company, and since then, the family has passed on the winery (and the name Miguel) steadfastly from generation to generation. They hit a setback when the winery was bombed during the Spanish civil war, but Miguel Torres i Carbó rebuilt, and began the bottling and exporting of the wine.
In 1991, Miguel A. Torres took the reigns, and remains president today. He made remarkable strides in environmental advocacy, social responsibility, fair trade, and research and innovation. Since 2012, Miguel Torres Maczassek has been at the helm, and has continued his father’s work, while also embarking on his own projects. Recognized year after year and Drinks Internationals’ “World’s Most Admired Wine Brand,” the story of Familia Torres is a known and respected one throughout Spain and the world.
Juan Torres Master Distillers is the spirits division of Familia Torres. Its origins date back to 1928 when Juan Torres Casals of the family’s second generation began making aged brandies matured in oak casks; smooth and aromatic spirits distilled from a selection of the finest white Penedès (Barcelona) wines. With 90 years to its name, Juan Torres Master Distillers continues to perfect the art of distillation to this day – a constant pursuit of excellence that finds reflection in each one of its ten, exquisitely crafted spirits, including brandy, pisco, and orange liqueur produced under the brands Torres Brandy, El Gobernador, and Magdala. These elegant, personality-driven spirits find their perfect match in the world of mixology, where they live up to the expectations of a new consumer who delights in shared moments of superior quality.
