White Wine

Castello D’Alba

Reserve 2023, 75cl

Douro

Castello D’Alba

Origin: In this wine we are looking for the aromatic concentration and high acidity of grapes from traditional vineyards in the upper reaches of the Douro, in the transition from schist to granite soils, which show all the character of the indigenous Douro grape varieties, obtaining very mineral and creamy wines.

Winemaking: Manual harvesting for small 15kg perforated boxes, whole bunches without destemming, using very gentle crushing and pressing processes to preserve all the aromatic potential of the grapes. Great effort is made to ensure that all pre-fermentation operations are carried out with the utmost rigour, so as to interfere as little as possible with the intrinsic quality of the grapes. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts, 20% of the must fermented and aged in used French oak barrels with fine lees stirring – ‘batonnage’ – for 4 months, the remaining 80% aged in stainless steel vats.

Ageing: fermentation and ageing in French and American wood with stirring of the lees for 6 months until filling.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Rui Roboredo Madeira Vinhos

In one of the most remote areas of the Iberian Peninsula, on the border between the Douro Superior and Beira Alta regions, it was among family that its passion grew for the aromas and smells of this land that shapes our character.
After coming into contact with many cultures of living and making wine, in various parts of the globe, Rui Madeira returned to the great Douro valley convinced that they have the potential to make the best wines in the world.
 Out of respect for nature, due to the way we cultivate their vineyards and wines reflect his experiences, which smell and taste of land, of schist, damp granite, rock rose, wild flowers and fruit. 
It is in the winery that he makes wines with the character of our ‘terroir’, expressed through native grape varieties, which instil with a style of their own and an international profile.

Address

VDS – Vinhos do Douro Superior, Lda.

Rua Eugénio de Castro, Nr. 248 – Sala 144 – 1º Andar,
4100-225 Porto
Portugal

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