2023
Arinto dos Açores (>95%), Verdelho, Alicante Branco, Boal.
On this island, vines have been planted for over 500 years in the cracks of the volcanic rock, just a few meters from the sea, where you can hear the "singing of the crab". After the devastating attack of phylloxera and powdery mildew in the 19th century, the stubborn hand of man kept a small pocket of vines that resisted extinction. This "Canada do Monte" is from one of those vineyards that has resisted and remained the guardian of the unique Azorean grape varieties and a witness to traditional winemaking.
Citrine yellow color, iodine aroma, salt, lime. In the mouth dense concentrated attack, acidity cuts in the middle and remains until the end of the tasting, salt, salt, salt and iodine, is a "slap" of the sea.
Harvested by hand, sorted on a sorting table, direct pressed, cold decanted for 12 hours, spontaneous fermentation, first presses vinified in stainless steel in horizontal vats (45%), 2nd presses fermented in 3-year-old French oak barrels (55%), without batonnage for 15 months.
13,0% Vol.
A wine born in the sea, ready to harmonize with seafood, bitter fish (mullet, sea roe, sea urchins) but with a density and concentration to work with white meats with burnt fat, like a good suckling pig or even a pork belly.
Keep at 6-8ºC, to be served at10ºC, and drink at 12ºC.
