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Sommelier’s Selection for May 2025
Cave Lusa Sommelier
Rui Madeira
Our selection is guided by the experience and excellence of a sommelier with a distinguished career in the wine world. With a qualification in Sommellerie from Turismo de Portugal and WSET, he brings to the project extensive knowledge acquired over many years in the restaurant and hospitality sector.
His career includes stints at some of the most prestigious gastronomic venues, such as Quinta das Lágrimas and Mesa de Lemos, and he is recognized for his talent with a nomination for Sommelier of the Year in 2016 by WINE – Essência do Vinho.
In the same year, he took on the role of Head Sommelier and F&B Manager at the restaurant of the exclusive Hotel Areias do Seixo, in Santa Cruz (Torres Vedras, Lisbon), consolidating his reputation in the sector.
Rosa Celeste by Quinta da Gaivosa Rosé 2021
Tasting Notes
A celestial blend of Tinto Cão and Touriga Nacional, aged for 12 months in barrels, an elegant and delicate rosé.
Notes of rose water, spices and grapefruit, a wine of enormous complexity, richness and depth.
São Domingos Lopo de Freitas, Brut, 2017
Tasting Notes
A wine full of creaminess and delicate bubbles provided by aging on free yeasts for over 60 months, an intense sparkling wine with some aromatic complexity, where notes of white pulp fruit, some minerality, and a slight dried fruit stand out.
On the palate, it reveals great balance, persistence, and creaminess, the very fine bubbles and crisp acidity highlight the noble and genuine character of this sparkling wine.
ARENAE Malvasia, Colares, 2022
Tasting Notes
A Malvasia from a harsh region with a very important historical legacy in the cultivation of vines without the use of rootstock, sand vineyards in Colares that were not affected by phylloxera. Fascinating aroma, young and saline, notes of broken shells, mineral.
A high-level palate, very clean, with great freshness and plenty of salinity. A wine with character that finishes with nerve, a slight resin, and a persistent aftertaste.
Chão da Quinta Grande Reserva, 2018
Tasting Notes
This wine was made from a careful selection of the Touriga Nacional grape variety, with aging for 24 months in French oak barrels.
It shows intensity and complexity, with excellent evolution, revealing notes of black cherry, wild blackberry, fig, dried plum, sultana, mint, balsamic, complemented by notes of black pepper, clove, heather, toasted wood, dried blackberry, and truffle.
