Portugal
Tobias White - 2025 - Quinta de Saes
Álvaro de Castro
Perfect with seafood, notes of lemon zest, white fruit, honey, wet stones, lightly infused green tea... Smooth and supple on the palate, enhanced by a beautiful minerality.
Ingredients and nutrition facts- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Organic wine
- Designation
- Dão D.O.C.
- Bottled by
- Quinta da Pellada – Unipessoal, Lda.
- Colour
- White wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
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100% Cerceal Branco from vines aged around 30 years, grown organically and planted on a single plot at an altitude of 500 meters on granite soils, facing east, located in the village of Pinhanços. The grapes were harvested by hand, destemmed and crushed on arrival at the cellar, 6 hours of maceration of the berries before pressing, then blending of free-run juice and press juice. Fermented in stainless steel vats, aged in French oak barrels, without new oak, for 4 months.
Álvaro de Castro
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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