Do Ferreiro - Albarino Cepas Vellas Rias Baixas 2019 (750ml)
Price: $54.99
| Producer | Do Ferreiro |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | RÃas Baixas |
| Varietal | Albarino |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 750ml |
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The famed Cepas Vellas from Do Ferreiro, one of Spain’s iconic white wines capable of long aging and improvement in bottle, is sourced from a 1.5ha albariño vineyard in front of the winery in the Salnés Valley which is over 245 years old. Considered by many to be the apex expression of Rías Baixas albariño, Cepas Vellas now stands with the great white wines of the world. Cepas Vellas is capable of improving for 10 to 20 years in the cellar.
Grapes: Albariño
Vine Age: 200+ years
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
- Less than 700 cases made!
- Cepas Vellas is capable of improving for 10 to 20 years in the cellar.
- Aged of the vines are 200+ years!!
There is a sensation of noble rot, dried apricots, honey and lanolin in the 2019 Albariño Cepas Vellas. They tell me the Cepas Vellas and Adana always have some noble rot and that the wines show it with age. It's pretty noticeable here, but it's not that obvious in the young 2020 that I tasted next to this. 2019 was a warmer and drier year that delivered low yields and concentrated wines. This is powerful but balanced and elegant; it is balanced by some austerity of the granite soils. Curiously enough, this has half a degree less alcohol than the 2020. There were 8,000 bottles produced.
Rated 95/100 The Wine Advocate
