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Alto do Joa White Orange Wine 2017
22,70 €
Tradition and innovation come together in this unique orange-white wine, harvested from centenary vines freestanding at an altitude of 800 metres, and made with selected grapes of different varieties (between 10 and 15). A white wine with skin fermentation (Orange Wine) aged 19 months in French oak barrels, giving it an austere and complex aroma, a flavour that is dry, fresh and persistent and very present acidity. An excellent wine for storage, if you can resist the temptation to open it now.
| Producer | Casa do Joa |
| Region | Regional Transmontano |
| Grapes | Esgana Cão (25%), Formosa (15%), Síria (10%), D. Branca ou Douradinha (10%), Gouveio (10%), Folgasão (10%), Chasselas Salsa (10%) and not yet identified (10%) |
| Aging | 19 months in used barrels of French oak |
| Volume | Alcohol by Volume: 13% Bottle Size: 75 cl |
| Harmonizations | Ideal to go along with sSsuckling pig and giblets rice Ideal Temperature: 10º to 12ºC |
| Wine's Awards | 18 Points in Revista de Vinhos Magazine Gold Medal - Trás-os-Montes Wines Contest 2019 |
"Casa do JOA" will tell the story of Parada, its people and traditions. This is the only way to appreciate the intensity of the aromas of the "Alto do JOA" wine.
20 kms from Bragança we found the Parade (Stop village). Typical Transmontana village whose name is associated with historical and geographical circumstances that have always made this place a "stop" site. Perhaps this is the reason why here, in the village of Parada, time insists on passing slowly, without haste to reach nowhere.
And perhaps this is the perfect condition for producing a single wine that is also the only wine produced throughout the region. With shale soils and battered by large thermal amplitudes the terroir is at an altitude of 700 meters. A unique land that hosts vineyards with more than 120 years and more than 20 distinct grape varieties. Due to its centuries-old age and traditional processes of treating the vineyards, it is possible to find different varieties in a single strain, making the wine process a genuine alchemy exercise.
More than a winery, Casa do JOA is also a well-deserved tribute to the people of Parada village. People who the Casa do JOA want to give voice in the body of a wine that carries the essence of all love to the Alto do JOA.
