Quinta de Saes Caniças Red
Quinta da Pellada Alfrocheiro Red
The grapes were vinified respecting all their nature, vinification was done by hand, without pump, natural and minimal yeast extraction. Quinta da Pellada Alfrocheiro is a smooth, dark wine with chocolate on the nose. The palate is bold and structured with elegant dominant smooth fruit. Still in development, with some obvious oak. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta da Pellada Jaen Red
The grapes were vinified respecting all their nature, vinification was done by hand, without pump, natural and minimal yeast extraction. Quinta da Pellada Jaen is very intense and bright colors. The aroma shows great complexity, with aromas of plums and red fruits. Very elegant on the palate with great structure, firm fresh and velvety tannins. It is subtle, with intense fruit flavors and impressive acidity. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta da Pellada Carrocel Magnum Red
Turning the senses around, the Carousel is a wine made only in years when the fruit reaches very high quality. Made 100% from Touriga Nacional, fermentation in a winery, where the wine masses turn from winery to winery and the temperature "refreshes" the fermentation, it produces a fresh, balanced and exuberant wine, where the variety shows its full potential . Contains Sulfites.
Quinta da Pellada Pape Magnum Red
Quinta da Pellada Pape Red
The "Premium" line of Quinta da Pellada wines has long been an icon of Dão wines. For Álvaro Castro, the viticulture and the characteristics of each year are that shape each harvest, however, dedication and alertness are essential so that nature can be "protected", in order to exercise the minimum of human intervention in the elaboration of each one of their wines. This field blend, which joins castes from Quinta da Pellada and Casa da Passarella, has been staging for 14 months in allier oak casks. Intense ruby color, very concentrated in the aroma, modern and vigorous style. In the mouth, compote and game notes in which the final toasted notes leave a pleasant memory. Tannins fine and of good quality, everything very well proportioned, giving it a great complexity. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta de Saes DOC White
Quinta de Saes DOC Rose
Quinta de Saes DOC Red
Quinta de Saes Reserva White
Predominantly elaborated from the Encruzado 80% and Cercial 20%, this wine fermented two months in small volumes, followed by batonage and bottling. Well married tropical fruit with good minerality and long acidity. Elegant and soft-textured, this "reserve" of the "Saes" line is an example of the great whites still alive in Dão. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta da Pellada Mulher Nua Red
Spontaneous fermentation, obviously with indigenous yeasts, took place in a stainless steel mill, followed by a 36-month stage in three 400L oak casks, second/third use. Direct gravity bottling. This wine is the result of an attempt to recreate the Pelada 2003, in which, at the time, it was intended to demonstrate the elegant and balanced character of Dão wines. A part of the lot comes from the Alto and Meio plots, from the old vineyard (70 years old) of Quinta da Pellada, where there is a great genetic heritage, with no predominance of any variety. The other part of the lot comes from Touriga Nacional from plot 5 of Quinta da Pellada. Contains sulfites.
Quinta de Saes Reserva Estágio Prolongado Red
Por excellence, made from 65% old vines and 35% from Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz, the top of the range "Saes" fermented in stainless steel, the temperature contolated, later making the malolactic fermentation in French oak casks where it remained in stage for 14 months. The elegance and character are the characteristics of this restaurant, intense with ripe fruit, spices and good toast, ending long and elegant. Contains Sulfites.
Álvaro de Castro Reserva Red
Quinta da Pellada 49 Red
For Quinta da Pellada, mainly the field blend grapes of the old vineyard, but also the varieties Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz, where the intense fruit and freshness from the grapes of the farm that give the name to this wine is discovered. It has the most heterogeneous soils - all granite as a base - and the most limited mixture (Touriga Nacional and Alfrocheiro). It was aged in well-used French barrels for 28 months. Quinta da Pellada 49 has an intense garnet color. Bergamot, orange peel and aromas of wildflowers. In the mouth spices, cocoa and vanilla. Expressive, elegant and with generous tannins. Very gastronomic. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta da Pellada Alto Red
The Quinta da Pellada Alto was aged for 28 months in French oak use room. This is one of a trio of wines, this issue that owner Álvaro Castro has issued with old style labels as an exercise in terroir. This is a field mix of the highest plot (although in less than 10 meters - the differences are more in the soil); The House is the "most exposed" corner, with a different kind of soil; and the "49" is the middle pack. Its elegance makes it look lighter, but it is much more concentrated than the first taste would suggest. It has excellent fineness of the middle palate, full of flavor, well rolled and beautifully constructed.
Contains Sulfites.
Quinta da Pellada Tounot Red
Quinta da Pellada Muleta Red
The 2015 wine year in Dão was marked by drier winter than the previous year and the rain that fell in early spring allowed some soil water reserves to support the plant during the dry spring and summer months. an early year in July, the vineyard was already in the painter phase, with the harvest beginning one week earlier than the previous year. The wine Quinta da Pellada Muleta is the result of the effort to conserve the genetic heritage that exists in the Dão region. Fermentation in mill, stage in barrels 225l with 10 years and bottled in May 2017 by gravity without filter. Minilismalist intervention to conserve the characteristics of the vineyard. Ruby color of good concentration. The aroma is very elegant, slightly floral, with notes of wild fruit and some menthol. In the mouth, it is alive, and with acidity. Fresh fruit and spicy flavors are involved in a refreshing mineral profile. It presents a good volume of mouth, without being heavy, offering a perfumed, long and very balanced finish. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta da Pellada Dente D`Ouro Red
"With grapes buying small parcels I make 1/2 barrels of wine and one of these wines is called the Golden Tooth, because the woman who sold me has a golden tooth." Quinta da Pellada Dente D'Ouro spent 16 months in used French oak barrels. The wine is composed of several native grape varieties, mainly Jaen and Baga. The grapes come from a very old vineyard with vineyards, which are between 80 and 100 years old. It is very important for Alvaro Castro to show that it is indeed possible to revive the tradition of blends of native fields and vines in his Dao area. The wine shines with ruby red with violet nuances. It shows a beautiful fresh and mineral scent, thin and incredibly complex, with notes of blackberry and plum. On the palate, a medium concentration, blueberry aromas, notes of spices and some earthy notes, plus unlikely silky tannins, absolutely attractive. A light red wine, elegant and very fresh, juicy, with mineral notes and berries, at a long, deep and very thin finish. Wonderfully multi-layered and with elegant precision. Simply sublime! Contains Sulfites.
Quinta da Pellada Pinot Noir Red
Quinta da Pellada Encruzado Late Release White
This Encruzado comes from a plot at 500 meters altitude of granitic soil with lines of clay. After pre-fermentation skin contact and static decantation, fermentation took place in barrels (500/600L) with 5 years of use. The aging was very long (late release) in barrels without battonage or sulfur addition. Direct bottling without filtering or gluing. Contains sulfites.
Quinta de Saes Late Release Cerceal White
