2021
100% Tamarez, now officially named Trincadeira-das-Pratas. Tamarez was one of the most important white grape varieties of the old Alentejo vineyards. Daughter of the crossing of the varieties Mourisco branco (Heben) with Alfrocheiro Preto.
A 100% Tamarez, which today has lost its name and is called Trincandeira-das-Pratas. This wine tests the potential of this grape variety part of the ancient Alentejo winegrowing.
The Chão dos Eremitas Vineyard
Vineyard planting year
1970
Altitude
256-267m
Soils
Granitoids with a strong presence of active limestone, and the pH of the soil is slightly basic.
Location
Located in the southern foot of the Serrad'Ossa mountain range.
History
This place is special, you can feel it! Two streams bring the rainwater from the Sierra keeping the ground cool in the torrid Alentejo heat, never lowering the water level below 5 meters. It was here that the vineyards were formerly planted, and the place was known as the Chão dos Eremitas (Hermit's Ground), "Chão" being the old term for a flat area, and "Eremitas" referring to the Hermit monks of the Order of St. Paul. Here there is evidence of uninterrupted wine production since the 14th century, the vineyard was so important that a Papal Bull in 1397 exempts the "Pauperes Hermitas" from paying tributes (taxes) on their vineyards. But archaeology goes further, as the discovery of the only Phoenician wine amphora in the interior of the country, dating from the 8th century BC, links this place to wine about 900 years before the arrival of the Romans, in what amounts to 3,000 years of wine-related history.
Grapes under certified integrated production without the use of herbicides.
Manual harvest at night, direct press, no sulfites until the end of fermentation, decantation after 12h and spontaneous fermentation in old barrels.
Citrine yellow color, fresh intense nose, citrus notes, almost pineapple, but subtle. Very fine tense attack, good texture, excellent persistence and freshness.
Textured wine with good acidity and very typicality, good with fat fish on the grill or in the oven, seafood with fatty textures.
Keep at 6-8ºC to be served at 10ºC and drink at 12ºC.
13% Vol.
1995 numbered bottles of 0.75L.
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