Ribeiro Santo Vinha da Neve White

Manual harvest in 18Kg boxes, careful selection of the best grapes in the vineyard. The grapes were picked only by grandfather Nelson and granddaughter Maria Simões. The grapes were fully destemmed and immediately pressed. This wine aged for 6 months in new French oak barrels. It has a vivid and crystalline yellowish color. The first aroma we have is well integrated barrel notes. In the wine, we have white stone fruits such as apricots and peaches that are reminiscent of the great Dão wines. Citrus fruits that give some nose freshness to the wine. It has a pleasant breadth and a large mouth volume that accompanies the tasting from the beginning to the end. It is a wine that has some bitterness at the end, characteristic of gastronomic wines that go very well with food. It has a long and persistent finish.

This wine was created with minimal intervention, in order to respect the qualitative potential of the exceptional grapes that originated it, as well as respecting the classicism of white wines from Dão and those from Caves São João, in particular. For this reason, aging on fine lees took place in wooden vases, already heavily winered, for a period of 6 months, having been bottled without stabilization, after a very coarse filtration. With a straw yellow color and a very complex aroma, with evident mineral notes (flint and flint), phosphorus, spices, dry vegetable and very faint fruity notes and dried flowers. The wood notes are perfectly integrated, being practically imperceptible. It has great freshness and gustatory volume, however it is also elegant and quite persistent, characteristics that give it excellent gastronomic aptitude and for ageing. .

Coming from a portion of Bical at 500m altitude, this wine fermented in barrels with 5 years of use. Long stage without batonage, or addition of sulfur dioxide. Direct bottling without filtering or bonding. Contains sulfites.