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Aprt3 T-O-M Matela Palhete 2021
20,90 €
Tras-os-Montes is a living history book! Ancient vineyards and viticultural practices well preserved, but no youngsters to continue the fantastic work done by their ancestors. So, in order to highlight their work, Aprt3 made the wine in the same traditional way, and created a mystery label to launch a comic’s series with 6 episodes where they forecast the future of the region if nothing’s changed. The first edition, you DRINK and...
| Producer | Vinhos Aprt3 |
| Region | Lisboa |
| Grapes | Field blend with more than 30 native varieties (red and white) |
| Soil | Red and White varieties mixed, creating gentle fruity aromas in a light and fresh pink body. The ageing process is quite branded into the wine alongside Matela’s warmth and dryness, but it still maintains acidity to freshen things out. It’s a very simple and clean representation of what this region has to offer. |
| Winemaking | Grapes harvested by hand to 16kg boxes. Foot treading for 2 hours and skin contact fermentation for 5 days. Racked to very old oak barrels where it finished alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. Bottled in October 2022 with 40mg Sulphur added. Bottles: 700 |
| Aging | 13 months in very old oak barrels. |
| Capacity | 750 ml |
| Volume | Alcohol by Volume: 13% |
| Temperature | 14ºC - 16ºC |
The project was born when they discovered a wine barrel that was left “apart” in a wine cellar in Palmela, Setúbal. This barrel united 3 ISA master degree students in Viticulture and Enology, who became friends and desired to create wines focusing on science and environment sustainability. The wine was produced 6 months earlier during an internship, and when they found it, it was a trigger to start this journey.
Vinhos APRT3 merges art into wine science. In the winery they do handmade creations based on trial experimentations and recreations of old techniques, and through art, placed in a glass bottle canvas, they want to transform the way to communicate and experience the fermented grape juice.
It is by looking to wine as an aesthetic phenomenon, that they feel the need to connect with different artists each year, so they can express graphically their interpretations of the liquid creations.
They buy the grapes from viticultures all around Portugal, who respect the environment, and they handpicked the grapes, to select the best quality possible. In the winery, wines are treated with the upmost respect for the product and no industry tricks are used, only basic tools and their bare hands. This is why they belong to a small piece of vegan producers in the Portuguese scene.
They create naturally made wines, with science and passion.
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