Portugal
A very evolving nose with notes of baked apple, citrus, lime blossom, and vanilla cream. Palate: creamy texture and beautiful concentration, fine acidity, minerality is very present and balances the oak, which is perfectly integrated. Long, mineral finish.
100% Encruzado from vines of around 20 years old, farmed organically and planted on a plot of granite and sand soils at an altitude of over 600 meters, in the village of Pinhanços. The grapes are harvested by hand, destemmed, and crushed upon arrival at the winery; the berries undergo 6 hours of maceration before pressing, blending of free-run juice and press juice. Two years of aging in French oak barrels, without new oak, on fine lees, with some stirring of the lees. This is the white wine with the most aging at the estate.
Álvaro de Castro has been at the helm of Quinta da Pellada since 1980, a centuries-old estate whose first traces date back to… 1527! Trained as an engineer, he made the bold move to leave everything behind to fully dedicate himself to the success of Quinta da Pellada… a winning bet. Viticulture and winemaking quickly paid off, and Álvaro revived a family tradition that had been interrupted for...
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