Capacity
0,75L
Range
Chão dos Eremitas
Wines Variety
Red
Grape Varieties
Castelão
Producer
Fita Preta Vinhos
Harvest
2022
Wine Regions
Alentejo
Wine Freshness
Fresh
Wine Styles
Old Vines
Reserve Wine
Full Bodied Wine
Oaked Wines
Dry Wine
2022
100% Castelão. Castelão is a grape variety from the old vineyards of the Alentejo, sister to Moreto and the offspring of a cross between Sarigo and Alfrocheiro Preto.
100% Castelão. A disconcerting wine that demonstrates the role of this grape variety in the ancient Alentejo vineyards. Freshness and purity.
The "ground of the hermits" vineyard
Year the vineyard was planted: 1970
Altitude: 256-267m
History: This place is special, you can feel it! Two streams bring rainwater down from the Serra to keep the ground cool in the torrid Alentejo heat, never lowering the water table below 5 meters. It was here that vines used to be planted, and the place was known as Chão dos Eremitas, "Chão" being an old term for a flat area, and "Eremitas" referring to the Hermit monks of the order of São Paulo. Here there is evidence of uninterrupted wine production since the 14th century. The vineyard was so important that a Papal Bull in 1397 exempted the "Pauperes Eremitas" from paying taxes on their vineyards. But archaeology goes further, as the discovery of the only Phoenician wine amphora in the interior of the country, dating back to the 8th century BC, links this site to wine some 900 years before the arrival of the Romans, in what is 3,000 years of history linked to wine.
Granitoid with a strong presence of active limestone, with a slightly basic soil pH.
Grapes under certified integrated production without the use of herbicides.
The grapes are selected at the sorting table, 30% whole bunch and 70% destemmed, falling by gravity into the vat. Spontaneous fermentation, tanning for 35 days and ageing for 16 months in barrels.
Fragile ruby garnet color. Very fine aroma, with notes of plum, tobacco and spices. On tasting, the attack is medium-bodied with good freshness. The texture builds in the middle of the tasting, all elegance, and finishes with present and firm tannins.
A red wine with good acidity, good with complex fatty fish and potted meats.
13% Vol.
2 113 numbered 0.75L bottles released in February 2024.