2017 Do Ferreiro Albariño Rías Baixas Cepas Vellas
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Brilliant straw-yellow. Bright and sharply delineated on the highly fragrant nose, which displays incisive Meyer lemon, Anjou pear, honeysuckle, quinine and mineral qualities. Deeply concentrated but nervy as well, offering intense, mineral-driven citrus and orchard fruit flavors that show superb clarity and spicy lift. Closes on a resonating mineral note, with strong, floral-tinged persistence.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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There is another phenomenal vintage in the 2017 Albariño Cepas Vellas. This is a very regular vineyard that delivers very complex wines year in, year out, and according to Manuel Méndez, "in difficult years, it behaves better than any other vineyard." We're talking about ancient, ungrafted, pergola-trained vines around the winery—1.5 hectares of gnarled, incredible vines that are up to 150 years of age. This is very complete, and there is a touch more complexity and depth when tasted next to the 2016. The nose is quite similar and is both undeveloped and young, with notes of freshly cut grass, white flowers and wet granite. It has an electric palate with tasty flavors and a saline, tasty finish. This should make beautiful old bones. I tasted the 2011 next to it, and this wine has years ahead of it. 8,000 bottles were filled in September 2018.