Albariño Do Ferreiro 2023
£15.02 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland
Bodegas Gerardo Méndez
Rías Baixas
11 available in 1 days. More, available on 01/11/2024
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Albariño, which represents their take of the vintage, was produced with grapes from 165 hectares of the 14 hectares they own. It goes back to the alcoholic degree of 2021, 12.5%, compared with the 13.5% of 2022. 2023 seems to be somewhere in between those two previous vintages; cooler and with a better distribution of rain than in 2022 but with warmer temperatures than 2021. The wine is still very young and primary, a little reductive even, with a balsamic hint that should go away with a little more time in bottle. This matures in stainless steel with lees until it's bottled. It has varietal notes of white flowers and grass. It's fresh and balanced, light to medium-bodied, easy to drink, sapid and tasty, with an almost salty twist in the finish despite its young age. It has a pH of 3.2 after going through full malolactic. There will be around 95,000 bottles, but not all the wine has been bottled yet, kept in stainless steel with the lees and the natural carbonic gas. The bottle I tasted was bottled in May 2024, but all bottles have the bottling date on the back label.
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Appellation
Alcohol
12.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Description
Albariño Do Ferreiro is a white wine made exclusively from the Albariño grape variety in the Rías Baixas DO by the Bodegas Gerardo Méndez winery.
This extraordinary wine has been named after Gerardo Méndez's father, a blacksmith by profession, and is one of the most loved and popular wines of the region.
The grapes used to make this wine come from young vineyards between 5 and 12 years old on granitic sands and red slate, located between 100 and 115 metres above sea level.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand. They are transported in small boxes to the winery as quickly as possible to prevent the grapes from deteriorating and oxidising.
Once in the winery, the grapes undergo a destemming process and are then macerated for one or two days at a controlled temperature of 15º and then decanted for twelve hours before fermenting in stainless steel tanks for 24 days.
Flavour
Albariño Do Ferreiro is a white wine with a citrus aroma and subtle floral notes. On the palate it is silky, elegant, mineral and saline. It presents a vibrant acidity that makes it a very pleasant and easy to drink wine. A delight that surprises with its exceptional balance, freshness and roundness.
A light and crisp Albariño
Albariño Do Ferreiro is a white wine from the Gerardo Méndez winery. It is an Albariño varietal, recognised as the original house brand.
In the gastronomic field this wine is perfect for dinners with friends and is ideal to accompany seafood, white fish, sushi and with all kinds of saline products.
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Bottles | Price | Over £336.94 |
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1-6 | £10.87 | £5.43 (-£5.43) |
7-12 | £14.74 | £7.37 (-£7.37) |
13-18 | £20.64 | £10.32 (-£10.32) |
19-24 | £28.22 | £14.11 (-£14.11) |
25-30 | £32.77 | £16.38 (-£16.38) |
31-36 | £36.64 | £18.32 (-£18.32) |
37-42 | £44.22 | £22.11 (-£22.11) |
43-48 | £48.43 | £24.22 (-£24.22) |
49-54 | £54.71 | £27.36 (-£27.36) |
55-60 | £58.80 | £29.40 (-£29.40) |
VAT included |