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Primado Family Edition Encruzado 2024
74,90 €
Produced from specially selected grapes, this is a wine of rare complexity. It offers an impressive structure, revealing a sublime elegance that time will only make more admirable. Yellow in color with golden hues resulting from barrel fermentation. The aroma is citrus-driven with almond notes, while the retronasal reveals orange blossom and lemon tree florals. On the palate, the acidity is well present, delivering great freshness...
| Producer | Producer: Pereira de Melo Family Oenology: Patrícia Santos |
| Region | Dão |
| Grapes | Encruzado (100%) |
| Soil | Climate: Shaped by the mountain ranges of Estrela, Caramulo, Buçaco, and Lousã, which surround this area and protect it from Atlantic influence, and further influenced by its proximity to the Aguieira dam reservoir, it benefits from exceptional conditions. The humidity brought by the morning mists allows for slower and more balanced ripening. Soil: Granitic Sand Production Method: Integrated Production |
| Winemaking | Harvest: Manual, with immediate transport to the winery in the third week of September. Vinification: Full fermentation in 500-liter French oak barrels with bâtonnage. Production: 570 bottles |
| Aging | 9 months in 500-liter French oak barrels. |
| Capacity | 750 ml |
| Volume | Alcohol by Volume: 13% |
| Temperature | 12ºC - 14ºC |
| Harmonizations | Beirã-Style Cod with Cornbread Migas and Turnip Greens Seared Wild Sea Bass with Celery Root Cream, Citrus, and Toasted Hazelnut |
Great wines are not born by chance. The exceptional conjunction of climatic and geological conditions combine to form a rare balance.
Located in Santa Comba Dão, in Quinta do Coladinho, the vineyard planted at the beginning of the 90s covers about 2 hectares in a place that reveals a sense and characteristics very own. The granitic-sandy soil is typical of the region. The climate marked by the mountain ranges of Estrela, Caramulo, and Lousã, that surrounds it, is also influenced by the proximity to the reservoir and Aguieira water dam. The humidity caused by the morning mists provides balanced and slow maturations, thus achieving a wine very concentrated in tannins and fruit.
The objective was the production of a wine of great complexity and elegance, a wine of subtle and complex aromas, intense but with delicate structure in the mouth. Another purpose was to achieve aging capacity, a characteristic that distinguishes great wines. To avoid its consumption too young, which would lead to the loss of part of its potential, the commercialization of Primado is only made after prolonged stages that provide structure and complexity of aromas and flavors providing its consumption in a better moment, when it begins to reach the maturity.
