Chão dos Eremitas Alicante Branco 2021

Grape Varieties: 100% Alicante White. Alicante Branco, was and is also known as Boal de Alicante or Boal Cachudo and will have been for many years an important grape variety in Alentejo. Gyrão, 1822, 50 years before phylloxera, cites several "Boiais" but giving special emphasis to Boal Cachudo (synonymous with this variety).

Concept: A 100% Alicante Branco, unique in Portugal is a test of a grape variety exclusive to Portugal, it is the only one in the world. This wine tests the potential of one of the oldest grape varieties of the Alentejo encepamento with the modernization of viticulture almost disappeared.

Tasting Note: Citrus yellow color, intense nose, notes of grapefruit, peach and gunpowder. Full-bodied full attack, excellent unctuosity and persistence.

Vinification: Manual harvest at night, direct pressing, no sulfites until the end of fermentation, no decanting and spontaneous fermentation in old barrels.

Gastronomy: Wine with enough concentration, good for fish dishes in the oven or pot, and simpler poultry dishes.

Winemakers: António Maçanita, Sandra Sárria.

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