White Wine Do Ferreiro Cepas Vellas 2023

This is a truly remarkable Spanish white wine. A varietal Albariño, the wine Do Ferreiro Cepas Vellas is sourced from pre-phylloxeric vines planted in sandy soils in the Salnés Valley, DO Rías Baixas. The vines are over 200 years old (!!).

The harvest was carried out manually in little boxes. Interestingly, 10% of the grapes were left in the vineyards so they could develop the Botrytis cinerea fungus - the legendary noble rot that, when appropriately managed, brings an exceptional texture and complexity to a wine.

Once the grapes were brought to the facilities of the Gerardo Méndez winery, they were destemmed and cold-soaked for 12 to 24 hours prior to fermentation.

The alcoholic fermentation of this white wine from Rías Baixas took place in stainless steel tanks using indigenous yeasts.

After that, the wine Do Ferreiro Cepas Vellas 2023 was aged on its lees for over a period of 12 months.

The production of this white wine aged on lees is very limited.