Do Ferreiro Rebisaca 2020
Do Ferreiro Rebisaca 2020
Highly regarded for crafting world-class white wines from albariño with incredible transparency, flavor, and depth, Do Ferreiro has become a reference point for the variety. They farm over 175 tiny plots of albariño by hand, all located in the heart of the Salnés subzone of Rías Baixas. The valley’s proximity to the ocean, ideal climate due to the natural protection by mountain ranges, and decomposed granitic soil have gained the reputation for being the ideal region in Rías Baixas for producing profound, terruño-driven albariño wines capable of improving in bottle. Farming is practicing organic, and fermentations are exclusively carried out by native yeasts.
With their limited production series, Do Ferreiro winemaker Manuel Méndez continues the exploration of the potential of Rías Baixas by isolating exceptional vineyards and exploring how different soils, elevations, and exposures translate into world-class white wine.
Rebisaca is a limited-production blend of old-vine treixadura and loureiro from a vineyard site called Rebisaca in the Condado do Tea subzone and albariño from the Salnés subzone of Rías Baixas. Rebisaca has an electric palate, combining the saline minerality of albariño grown on granite soils and the exotic fruit of treixadura and loureiro. Rebisaca has a balanced mouthfeel with the balsamic & herbal touch of the loureiro and a nice bitter, mineral twist on the finish, which is very long. Incredible when paired with raw shellfish or seafood. Rebisaca will improve with age, gaining in complexity and intensity.
Vinification – Bunches are hand-selected in the vineyard, handpicked, and placed in small crates. Grapes are destemmed, cold-macerated for a few hours, and pressed. A natural yeast fermentation begins using a pied de cuve from the winery’s historic Cepas Vellas vineyard. Each vineyard and grape variety is picked individually and fermented separately. The wine is then blended and aged on the lees for nine months without bâtonnage in stainless steel tanks. No malolactic fermentation, unfiltered, light bentonite fining.