This is your chance to own a piece of vinous heritage. Don’t miss out.
The 2023 Do Ferreiro “Cepas Vellas” Albariño is not just rare — it’s singular. Sourced from a minuscule 1.5-hectare (less than 4-acre) vineyard planted in 1785, this is one of the oldest white wine sites in the world. These ancient, pergola-trained vines sit just steps from the winery in Galicia’s Salnés Valley, where ocean air and decomposed granite soil shape a wine of breathtaking purity and depth.
If Spain classified its white wines with Grand Cru status, Cepas Vellas would be its Montrachet. This is the apex expression of Albariño — a mineral-driven, age-worthy marvel that rivals the greatest whites of Burgundy. Properly cellared, it will evolve gracefully for 10 to 20 years. Luis Gutiérrez of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate awarded it 96+ points, calling it “pure elegance and finesse… like liquid granite in a year of great balance.”
In the glass, Cepas Vellas opens with golden-amber tones and a gust of wet oyster shell, underripe stone fruit, and saline ocean aromas. A swirl lifts the veil to reveal electrifying lime zest, green mango, and pluot skin. The vivid fruit intensity stands in perfect contrast to the wine’s riveting stony core — a spellbinding drinking experience that rivals the best from Burgundy or the Mosel.
Crafted by the Méndez family — pioneers who helped establish the Rías Baixas DO in 1988 — Cepas Vellas is the wine that put Albariño on the world stage. It’s not your standard fruity white. It’s a chiseled wonder, built on history, precision, and soul.
¡Viva España!
Press Accolades:
96+ Points, Wine Advocate:
“The nose of the 2023 Albariño Cepas Vellas is very austere, and it took a long time in the glass to take off. It has lower alcohol and more contained ripeness than its siblings, with a brighter color and a higher-pitched palate, serious and austere, like liquid granite to me. This is pure elegance and finesse in a year of great balance. 9,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2024, a little later than the other 2023s. It should be very long lived.” - Luis Gutiérrez, July 2025
