Quinta das Bágeiras Pai Abel Branco 2021

Abel Nuno represents the second generation in the history of Quinta das Bágeiras. He was the one who took note of the best vineyard plots in Bairrada, small properties we have acquired over the last 25 years and, to this day, he is still the one who looks after them, in a wise, rigorous and caring way. This wine was created not only as an homage to my father, but to the family as a whole. Abel always preferred wines with character, the strong and full structure of which make an impression and what we tried to accomplish here was a wine to his liking, white as well as red. Therefore, we also wanted to prove to ourselves that it was possible to produce a great wine from vines that were "only" 15-years-old, but that are grown in an excellent terroir, mimicking the natural production of an old vineyard, through the mixture of grape varieties and the reduction of the younger vines' production.

Grape Varieties: Bical and Maria Gomes

Vinification: It is a wine made from grapes of vines that are approximately 15-years-old, the production of which has been drastically reduced. It was vinified through fermentation of skins and the must was placed in small decanters of 1 m3 where it remained for 24 to 36 hours to be decanted through natural precipitation. At the end of this process, it was fermented in used barrels made from French oak acquired in the Burgundy region. It fermented with slight bâtonnage and aged in the barrels until completely clear, in a natural manner. Bottled without filtration or fining.