White Wine

White

Vintage2021

Orange blossom, lime and resin, with white pepper, honey, chalk and a touch of salinity, over chipped stone and notes of tea.

On the palate

Fresh and well structured, with a long finish that opens in successive layers. Taut and complex, full of individuality and character.

Grape varieties

Fernão Pires · Bical · Cercial · Rabo de Ovelha · Dona Branca · unidentified varieties

Vinification

Field blend of white grapes from the old vineyards. Hand harvested and foot trodden in the press, two days on the skins, then gentle pressing and fermentation with indigenous yeasts in used barrels.

Ageing

12 months in used French oak from Burgundy, then more than two years in bottle.

Soils

Clay-limestone

Alcohol

12.8% vol.

pH

3.30

Total acidity

6.7 g/L

Pairing

Fish, white meats and shellfish.

Serve at

8–10 °C

Bottles made

2,066, each numbered by hand on the neck tag