Verdes

Quinta D'Amares Vinesa Loureiro, fermented with partial contact with the films and aged for 4 months with battonage in French oak barrels. The oak aging gave it a greater complexity of aromas, gaining a good structure with a vibrant acidity that gives it great longevity. Intense aroma with notes of dried and smoked flowers, full-bodied and with vibrant acidity. Contains Sulfites.

The Alvarinho grapes, produced according to the concepts of organic farming where we protect the wine-growing ecosystem, promoting biodiversity and environmental sustainability, are harvested manually in the older vineyards with more than 40 years of existence in Quinta de Soalheiro, the First Vineyards. Currently, we still have a selection of Alvarinho grapes planted in Pé-franco. The grapes, exclusively from the Alvarinho variety, are harvested manually in small capacity boxes and transported to the winery in a short time. After pressing, the decanted w decants for 48 hours, followed by fermentation at controlled temperature. The fermentation takes place essentially in stainless steel (about 15% of the total volume is fermented in used oak barrels), with maintenance of the fine lees until the beginning of May, the month in which the bottling takes place. In this harvest we also integrate into the Alvarinho lot with a large oak kite stage. Citrine yellow color, elegant and full aroma that grows in the glass, becoming more and more persistent. The flavor is full-bodied, fresh and with great gustatory complexity. Contains Sulfites.

Rascunho is a tribute to the potential custody of the queen variety of the region - Alvarinho - in a very small production, a unique and non-replicable example that results from an experimental micro-winemaking, in a 2,000L French oak vat, new, in the exceptional year 2015. An amazing wine, full of character, with mistakes, full of passion and vibrant expression. Thin, elegant and very long at the end. Contains sulfites.

Quinta de Santiago, built in 1899 in Monção, is still owned by its descendants. The Quinta has 9 hectares of which 6 planted with vines aged between 3 to 9 years, exclusively in clay soils. Clean, pale greenish yellow with medium intensity nose, lime, peach, roses, resin and wet stone. In the mouth it is dry, drying tannin, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium body, medium intensity, lime, peach, earthy, wet stone and long finish. This wine was obtained in a peculiar way, 50% was naturally fermented and aged in Amphora in contact with the films. The remaining 50% naturally fermented in stainless steel and trained in amphorae in the Rocim Estate. Contains Sulfites.

Made from a “Vinha de Forcado” planted in 1932, located in Amarante, a viticulture system that grows through the trees and reaches almost 7 meters in height. The harvest is done with ladders. After manual harvesting, with the help of ladders, and transport to the cellar in small boxes (18kg-20kg), the bunches were destemmed, bag by bag, to a small mill, trodden on foot and then fermented in an amphora with indigenous yeasts. This was followed by light pressing and aging with the total lees in used barrels. Amphora Internship: 30 days with the films Barrel Stage: 9 months used barrel aging Bottling: July 2021 (not filtered or stabilized). Yellowish wine, with an intense aroma, with a touch of straw and critin. Vibrant wine in the mouth, with excellent acidity, the fruit on the nose goes very well in the mouth. Finishes long and persistent with mineral nuances. Contains sulfites.

Made from 80-year-old vines located in Barcelos, as well as from Ponte de Lima and Melgaço vineyards, the healthiest and most phenolically mature bunches were selected. Mainly made with Cainho Tinto, Pedral and Alvarelhão, the intention was to create a fresh and elegant red wine, also starting from the color. It is not necessarily a “green red”, but a red made in the Vinho Verde Region. An elegant wine from the light color, delicate with some fresh fruit in the aroma and tense in the mouth, with a long finish. After manual harvesting, and transport to the cellar in small boxes (18kg-20kg), the bunches were destemmed and the grapes were macerated for 24 hours, as soon as spontaneous fermentation started, they were pressed and finished fermenting in used barrels. He also made the malolactic in barrels with total lees. Aged for 8 months in used barrels. It was bottled in June 2021 (not strained, not filtered, not stabilized). Contains sulfites.

Manual harvest in 15 kg boxes. After a pre-fermentation maceration at low temperatures, the grapes are pressed and the must clarified. Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature of 16º C for two to three weeks. Fresh and elegant aroma, where citrus and floral notes stand out, associated with a remarkable minerality. Intense and long aftertaste. Contains sulfites.

Pale yellow color, with medium intensity, floral, light honeycomb, pineapple, saline, biscuit and flint. In the mouth it is dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium body, with lime nuances, light peach, saline, biscuit, butter, light honeycomb and long finish. Contains sulfites.