Skin-Contact White

White, the Old Way

Vintage2020

From century-old vines. Orange blossom and stone fruit, white pepper, honey, chalk and a slight salinity.

On the palate

Fresh and structured, with a long and complex finish.

Grape varieties

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

Vinification

Fermented in open lagar on the skins for 12 days, indigenous yeasts.

Ageing

12 months in cement and French oak, over two years in bottle.

Soils

Clay-limestone

Alcohol

12.5% vol.

pH

3.31

Total acidity

6.25 g/L

Pairing

White meats, baked fish, game and cheeses.

Serve at

10–12 °C

Recognition

Jancis Robinson 17/20