Technical Information
Classification: Alentejo Regional Wine
Type: White
Year: 2023
Alcohol: 12.5%
Grape Varieties: Mainly Roupeiro, Antão Vaz and Gouveio
Total Acidity: 5.4gr/L
pH: 3.40
Total Sugars: 0.6gr/L
At the heart of Vidigueira, in the southern foothills of Serra do Mendro, in poor schist soils, the vines are planted in a hot climate, buffered with cool nights. The traditional grape varieties, mainly Roupeiro, Antão Vaz and Gouveio, were hand-picked and foot trodden for 2 days. At the spontaneous start of fermentation, the grapes were pressed and the must kept in 19th century clay pots (Talhas) and used oak barrels until the end of the alcoholic fermentation. The wine ages for 8 months in full lees, with a slight agitation every month.
After settling, we bottle a slightly filtered, unstabilized wine.
Tasting Notes
Straw yellow colour. Aroma of fresh apples, white flowers, with layers of stone fruit and dried fruit. In the mouth, the skin contact is translated to fine tannins, saline notes and great volume, making it gastronomic, with great complexity. Harmonious, dense and wide, it calls for rich dishes at the table in winter time, and warm long nights, in the summer.
