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Lagar de Darei Private Selection White 2018
10,50 €
Very complex aromas, with highlights of mint, pear and orange. In the mouth, it's mineral, balanced and with good acidity. Good volume with a long finish.
| Producer | Producer: Casa de Darei Oenology: Pedro Pereira |
| Region | Dão |
| Grapes | Encruzado (40%), Cerceal (35%), Malvasia Fina (15%) and Bical (10)% |
| Soil | The soils are granite/sandy. The altitude (400m) and humidity of the river and the large temperature ranges (20º+) ensure that the white and red wines are endowed with ample natural acidity. |
| Winemaking | Manual harvesting into small boxes. Manual selection of the clusters on the sorting table. Total destemming followed by gentle crushing. Pressing. Cold static decantation for 24 hours. Fermentation of the entire lot with natural yeasts in cement vats with temperature control between 15ºC and 20ºC. |
| Aging | 9 months in 5000L cement vats. |
| Capacity | 750 ml |
| Volume | Alcohol by Volume: 12,5% |
| Temperature | 11ºC - 13ºC |
| Harmonizations | Serra da Estrela cheese, oven-roasted sea bream and codfish in the oven with cornbread crust. |
The natural approach to wine production allows enhancing the terroir getting the maxim elegance and purity in the final product. They are working with relatively young vines between 10 and 15 years old. The wine complexity is due to all their natural elements combined: granitic soils, high thermal amplitude, altitude of our vineyards (+400m) and the grapes. All Portuguese, all from the Dão region, the birthplace of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Alfocheiro and Jaen, complete the list for the reds. Encruzado, Malvasia fina, Cerceal, Bical and Verdelho for the whites.
The wines are handcrafted and look for personality, elegance and structure. Blends are what they do because this is the traditional and most complete way of making balanced wines in Portugal in general and in the Dão region in particular. They love all the hints that each grape brings to their wines and believe it also helps to increase the ageing potential. Of course, you can drink the wines immediately and enjoy them, but if you want, you can also discover something new and different when they have a few more years!
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