Alyantiju White

First vintage: 2017
Owner: Luísa Amorim
Winemakers: Jorge Alves and António Cavalheiro
Viticulture: Joaquim Faia
 

Vine

Sub-region: Vidigueira
Soils: acid silty-clay
Harvest: manual
Production mode: integrated
Average yield: 40hl/ha
 

Additional production notes

Grape varieties: 100% Antão Vaz
Ageing: 9 months 100% new French oak barrels
Alcohol: 14,2% alc.
Acidity: 6,2g/l
Date of bottling: June 2018
Production: 1220 bottles
 

Harvest

From 22 August to 30 September, 2017. The 2016/2017 winemaking year dispels any doubts about the climate change that we are currently experiencing, given its atypical characteristics – as an extremely hot and dry year – which speak for themselves.