Producer António Madeira

Country & Region Serra de Estrela, Dão, Portugal

Appellation DOP Dão

Grapes, Vine Age & Soil Field blend of Jaen, Baga, Tinta Amarela (more or less 60%) and 40% of 20 other

native grape varieties, including Alicante Bouschet, Negro Mouro, Tinta Pinheira…Single 100-year old vineyard on three types of granite soil.

Altitude 500m

Farming Biodynamic, organic. Guyot pruning. Hand harvested.

Vintage Conditions: Excellent, thanks to exceptional weather conditions allowing for harvesting healthy and ripe grapes.

Vinification: Alcoholic fermentation took place in open vats with traditional treading and began naturally, with the yeast from the vine itself, to express its identity in the purest form. Very little extraction was sought. After pressing, the wine was placed directly into used 500L barrels (Stockinger), where malolactic fermentation took place until the following spring and where it aged for 18 months. The bottling was carried out in August 2019. The wine aged 2 more years in bottle and is released 4 years after the harvest.

Sulphur: Less than 28 parts per 1000

Alcohol 14.2%

PH: 3.72

Acidity: 6.15g/L

RS: 0.4g/L

Production: 680 bottles

António’s Tasting Notes and Food Pairing Suggestions: “This wine expresses the character and elegance of the land that witnessed its birth and takes us on a journey through time to discover the aromas and flavours of Serra da Estrela foothills, just as it was in the past. Pure, great identity, complex, granite wrapped fresh red fruit, cherry, plum, sensations of aromatic herbs, flowers and pine forest. Deep, fresh and tasty mouth [on the palate], silky tannins, finesse. Endless mineral finish. A "Grand Cru" of Dão Serra da Estrela”.

Lamb, duck, white meats, codfish.