Eremitas Paulo de Tebas Branco 2019

Eremitas are wines made from the same variety, Rabigato. Each wine comes from distint parcels but they all come from the Douro Superior (Mediterranean/Continental climate), south facing and are in schist soil from the Desejosa Formation presenting small rocky and altitude diferences. Although vinified in the same way this parcels creat diferent wines! It stands out the “telluric information” that each place transmits.

Parcel: Paulo de Tebas - medium deep soil with a quartz micro fault crossing the plot, 400 meters high.

Grape Varieties: Rabigato

Tasting Notes: Light yellow color. Subtle and deep aroma, featuring almonds, citrus, and delicate hints of rosemary. On the palate, it is restrained, austere, complex, and has a saline finish.

Winemaking: The grapes go directly into a calcatórium (granite basin) followed by a pigeage for 3 hours. We press them in a vertical press were the juice runs by gravity to croncrete vats in the underground cellar with optimal natural temperature and humidity. Spontaneous fermentation is done without temperature control. The wine ages 2 year in concrete tanks with malolactic fermentation completed.

Winemaker: Mateus Nicolau de Almeida