White Wine

Pasmados

2023, 75cl

Península de Setúbal

Pasmados

Winemaker Domingos Soares Franco’s Notes:
“In the 1980s, I discovered around 200 bottles of Pasmados White from the 1963 and 1964 vintages in a José Maria da Fonseca cellar. After tasting these vintages, I noticed the excellent quality and evolution of this wine in the bottle: evolved color, toasted and ripe aromas (walnuts, hazelnuts, and pistachios), but no signs of oxidation. This discovery inspired me to create a white wine with a similar aging potential. Over time, and after several harvests, I arrived at the current blend of Viognier (from clay-limestone soils), Viosinho, and Arinto (from sandy soils).”

Thus, Pasmados White is positioned as the top-tier white wine from José Maria da Fonseca, released only after a minimum of two years during which it ferments, ages, and rests in the cellars.

Vinification: Viognier (59%), Viosinho (22%), and Arinto (19%). 50% fermented in second-year French oak barrels and 50% in stainless steel.

Aging: 3 months in second-year French oak barrels with bâtonnage, followed by resting in the cellars.

Awards

17/20 – Vinho Grandes Escolhas (2015 Vintage)
16.5/20 + Boa Compra 2020 – Revista de Vinhos (2014 Vintage)

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

José Maria da Fonseca

A family business with almost two centuries of history, and one that has known how to stay up-to-date without ever sitting back on its laurels. José Maria da Fonseca has been making wines since 1834, resulting from the shared passion of a family that has known how to preserve and project the memory and the prestige of its founder. Well aware of the responsibility of being the oldest producer of table wine and Setúbal Moscatel in Portugal, José Maria da Fonseca follows a philosophy of permanent development, constantly investing in research and production, combining the latest techniques with traditional know-how. An example of this is the José de Sousa Rosado Fernandes Winery, at Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alentejo, where the Roman tradition of clay pot fermentation is maintained alongside the latest technology.

Continuing to invest in benchmark products at international level, always produced to the highest standard, José Maria da Fonseca has contributed decisively to the promotion and prestige of national wines. The nearly 650 hectares of vineyards and a winery equipped with the latest technology, which competes with the best in the world, produce wines that combine the experience gathered throughout its history with the most advanced winemaking techniques.

In addition to all these resources, what most characterizes the work at José Maria da Fonseca is a great passion for the art of winemaking. It is this passion capable of generating emotions that José Maria da Fonseca shares with consumers every time they try one of the company’s wines.

Address

José Maria da Fonseca – Comercial Vinhos, Lda.

Quinta da Bassaqueira – Estrada Nacional 10 2925-542 Vila Nogueira de Azeitão
Setúbal
Portugal