ORIGIN: Alentejo, the sub-region of Vidigueira.
VARIETIES: 100% Verdelho.
HARVEST: Manual harvest for 12kg boxes during the early hours of the morning.
VINIFICATION: Cooling of grapes in a refrigerated chamber at 10ºC for 24 hours. Manual selection on a vibrating sorting table, followed by destemming and ligth crushing. Four hour pellicular maceration in a closed press, followed by vacuum pressing and cold decanting for 48 hours. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in a cement egg at 16ºC for approximately 20 days. Following the alcoholic fermentation process, the wine ages for eigth months in the cement egg on the fine lees (sur lies) with periodic battônages. Bottle aged for a further six months.
WINEMAKERS: Ricardo Xarepe Silva | António Selas
HARMONIZATION: Ideal with rich fish and seafood dishes.
TASTING NOTES Citrine in colour with an aroma marked by citrus notes and robust, flint, minerality. In the mouth, the wine displays enormous character and a balanced, unctuous body, vibrant acidity and a long and refreshing aftertaste.
Logistic information
Capacity: 75cl | 150cl
Box – 3 bottles 75cl
Contains sulfites
