Capacity
0,75L
Range
Vinho do Porto Santo
Wines Variety
White
Grape Varieties
Producer
Companhia de Vinhos dos Profetas e dos Villões
Harvest
2023
Wine Regions
Porto Santo
Wine Freshness
Fresh
Wine Styles
Aromatic Wine
Mineral Wine
Salty Wines
2023
Sercial (aka Esgana-Cão)
Training: traditional trellis vines on the slope.
Age of the vineyards: around 30 years old.
Soils: Volcanic soils, leptosols, or andosols; acidic pH.
Location: Seixal, on the north side of Madeira Island, at 700m from the sea.
12% Vol.
The grapes were harvested manually on Madeira Island and transported in 40 kg boxes to Porto Santo Island. Selected on a sorting table, direct pressed whole clusters into decantation tanks, with three fractions being separated, without any use of SO2 until the end of fermentation, allowing for a pre-oxidation of the must and a more complete spontaneous fermentation. The must fermented in 500-liter horizontal stainless steel vats and one 228-liter barrel, with total lees aging for 9 months.
Clean, lemon-yellow color. Pure mineral aroma, citrus with notes of pitanga. Tense attack, acidic with prominent salinity. Good persistence.
Fresh, very mineral, and saline. High acidity, making it a good match for seafood and fatty fish.