Cepas Entre Viñas 2022 | Albillo Mayor | Ribera del Duero

Name: Cepas Entre Viñas 2022 | Albillo Mayor | Ribera del Duero
Brand: Vino Feliz
SKU: 637
Price: 19.65 EUR
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Cepas Entre Viñas, by Vino Feliz, DO Ribera del Duero (Peñaranda de Duero, Baños, Hontangas). Clayey, calcareous and sandy soils. 100% Albillo Mayor.

Fermented in tank with cold pre-fermentation maceration at 6 ºC. When fermentation starts, the wine is pressed and transferred to 500-litre barrels to complete fermentation; 12 months total in barrel.

Wine Identification
Cepas Entre Viñas is a white wine produced by Vino Feliz, located in the Ribera del Duero appellation within Castilla y León, Spain. The 2022 vintage is crafted exclusively from Albillo Mayor grapes. The vineyards are situated in the specific villages of Peñaranda de Duero, Baños, and Hontangas.

Origin and Winemaking
The wine originates from soils that are a mixture of clay, limestone, and sand. Vinification begins with a pre-fermentation maceration at 6°C in tank. Once fermentation commences, the must is pressed and transferred to 500-liter oak barrels to complete fermentation. The wine undergoes a total aging period of twelve months in these barrels before bottling. This process highlights the delicate nature of the Albillo Mayor variety while imparting subtle complexity through barrel contact.

Expected Profile
As a white wine from Ribera del Duero, Cepas Entre Viñas is expected to reflect the character of the high-altitude Albillo Mayor grape. The clay-limestone-sand soil composition likely contributes to freshness and minerality, balanced by the textural influence of oak aging. The pre-fermentation maceration at low temperatures aims to preserve aromatic intensity and fruit purity. The extended time in 500-liter barrels suggests a structured mouthfeel with potential notes of stone fruit, citrus, and subtle toasted nuances.

Critics' Scores
Tim Atkin awarded this wine a score of 93 points.

Overall Character
Cepas Entre Viñas represents a modern approach to Ribera del Duero whites, focusing on the indigenous Albillo Mayor variety. The combination of cool pre-fermentation maceration and extended barrel aging indicates a wine designed for both aromatic freshness and textural depth, offering a refined expression of its specific terroir in Peñaranda de Duero, Baños, and Hontangas.

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Learn more about Vino Feliz

Félix Marina Gil is a sommelier, Nariz de Oro finalist and co-owner of gastrobar La Pícara in Aranda de Duero. He grew up in Hoyales de Roa, a small village in Ribera del Duero where Albillo Mayor — the denomination's only indigenous white variety — was being systematically uprooted to make room for more Tempranillo. In 2017 he founded Feliz Compañía Vinícola with a simple and provocative mission: to prove that Ribera del Duero can produce great white wine. He is today the only producer in the DO dedicated exclusively to the white variety.

Albillo Mayor occupies barely 500 of the DO's 23,000 hectares. Félix spent years locating centenarian vines scattered across different villages, took mass selections and propagated them at his own nursery in Hoyales de Roa, classified by village of origin to allow parcel-level vinifications in the future. He now works around seven hectares at 900 metres altitude on clay soils, with a target of ten. Harvest is deliberately early to preserve the variety's natural acidity.

In the cellar, the style blends aging in French oak with acacia wood — unusual in the region, contributing a distinctive aromatic lift — and clay amphorae for slower micro-oxygenation. Fermentations use indigenous yeasts. Feliz Skins is a 90-day skin-macerated Albillo Mayor, the first orange wine approved by DO Ribera del Duero under that category. The prestige cuvée Félix Marina Finca Buena Vista earned 95 points in the Peñín Guide; the entry-level Feliz was ranked fourth-best Spanish white wine in a blind tasting by Decanter with 94 points.

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