22,16€
approx. £18.39
O Produtor, tasting note published in May 2nd 2023
Light and shallow garnet color. Notes of pomegranate, dried herbs, and gentle balsamic. In the mouth, it is light, vibrant, saline with very light tannins.
The age-old tradition of palhete involves the fermentation of white and red grapes together for a final product somewhere between a dark rosé and a light red.
Grapes are harvested, crushed, de-stemmed, and pressed using artisanal processes; this is followed by spontaneous fermentation with skin maceration in clay amphorae, lined with beeswax; aging on lees for 7 months before bottling.
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 105901
Casal do Paço, in Vasco Croft’s family since the 17th century, has the soul of an old Quinta and was the starting point for the Aphros project. The farm spreads over almost 20 hectares of land and woodland, six of which are vineyards and four chestnut orchards. In the centre is a 16th-century granite house with two floors and its chapel. The winery, on the first floor, dates back to the house’s origins.
In October 2006, the first biodynamic process was implemented, marking the beginning of something that would transform the estate and its wines.
Now, Casal do Paço is recognised as an ecological winemaking model committed to the preservation of its ecosystems, which includes not only the vineyards, but also entire forests of acacias, oaks, eucalyptus and century-old trees, and is home to wild boar, foxes and eagles.
