Viuva Gomez, Colares Branco 2023

Produktbeskrivelse

Vinen består af flere forskellige plots tilplantet med den lokale Malvasia de Colares, der er plantet i de sandholdige jorde nær kysten. Langt nede under sandet ligger en klippegrund af lerholdig kalksten, hvor de oprindelige pre-phylloxera rødder henter deres næring og mineralske opdrag. Druerne håndhøstes i små kasser og presses i hele klaser. Den naturlige spontane gæring sker delvist på stål og delvist i 225 ltr. franske egetræsfade, hvor vinen lagrer yderligere et år. Den svagt gyldne farve gemmer på aromaer af salt havluft og flintagtige, let røgede toner. Et sted mellem en mineralsk Chablis og en Musadet sur lie fra den franske Atlanterhavskyst. Lagringspotentialet er mellem 10-15 år. Tappet på klassiske 50 cl. flasker.

“The 2023 Colares Branco was produced with Malvasía de Colares from ungrafted vines on sandy soils from different plots ranging from six to 130 years of age, usually close to the sea. The full clusters were pressed, and the juice fermented in stainless steel and barrel with indigenous yeasts, then the wine matured in 225-liter French oak barrels. The barrels seem to have changed the character of the wine a little bit, marking it a little and detracting from its personality. It comes in at 12% alcohol, with a pH of 3.5 and six grams of acidity and a dry finish. This is serious and austere but more open than the white Viticultores from this same year. It opens up nicely and slowly in the glass, with herbal aromas and a stony character. It has a balanced palate with a mixture of salty and bitter notes in the finish” 92+p, Luis Gutierrez, Robert Parker.com