O Produtor, tasting note published in May 27th 2016
The aroma is very elegant, slightly floral. In the mouth, it is alive, and with acidity. It presents a good volume of mouth, without being heavy, offering a perfumed, long and very balanced finish.
This wine comes from 60-year-old vineyards, with 5000 feet per hectare, located 500 m high and planted in granite soils with sand lines. This year’s wine year in Dão was marked by drier winter than the previous year and rain that fell in early spring allowed some soil water reserves to support the plant during the dry spring and summer months. Being an early year in July, the vineyard was already in the painter phase, with harvesting beginning a week earlier than the previous year. After a careful selection in the vineyard, the grapes were vinified respecting all their nature. The fermentation took place in stainless steel mill with controlled temperature (28º to 31º C). Cuvaison for 18 days followed by a 14-month stage in allier oak casks.
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 104331
Quinta da Pellada
The first historical references about Quinta da Pellada seem to be around 1570. The Dão wine region was established in 1908, framed by three mountain ranges – Buçaco, Caramulo and Serra da Estrela – and preserve from the Atlantic winds, the region as very special climatic conditions and this producer Alvaro Castro is one of the best Portuguese producers and unquestionable leader in Dão wine region. For the Quinta da Pellada come mainly grapes “field blend” from the old vines, but also the Touriga Nacionaland Tinta Roriz, where it discovers the intense fruit and freshness from the farm grapes that give the name to this wine.
Address
Quinta da Pellada 6270-141 Pinhanços – SEIA, Portugal
