Do Ferreiro AlbarinoBen noted about this wine back in 2014: If there was ever any doubt in your mind whether old vines matter, just try a bottle of this. These vines are a one acre plot of Albario named Cepas Vellas, in the Salinas zone of Rias Baixas, Galicia, Spain. The resulting wine is, without a doubt, explosive: right from the cork pull, a massive aroma fills the room with lemon zest, oceanic salt spray, tangerines, neroli, grilled shrimp, kombu, granite and

a Sangiovese clone

The palate is deep and concentrated with flavors of black cherry

you know the feeling

It is not an in-your face oaky Chard

That fact kinda blew my mind but it’s true – they think of themselves as the farthest eastern country in Europe

It’s planted on a 6 x 6 vine formation

pungently perfumed finish

the wine retains a lovely freshness

and Pauillac authority

crushed raspberry seeds and a light herbal note — something between tarragon and alpine grasses

their history set into Vertus as firmly as the vines themselves

Who knows what will happen next if we just drink enough of this