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Casa de Paços Loureiro & Arinto 2023
5,70 €
Clear, light yellow citrus colour. Aroma and flavour of ripe fruit, pear, with some floral hints. Medium body and a soft and delicate flavour, with persistent aftertaste.
| Producer | Producer: Quinta de Paços Oenology: Rui Cunha and Gabriela Albuquerque |
| Region | Vinho Verde |
| Grapes | Loureiro and Arinto |
| Soil | Produced in Barcelos on the Cávado Sub-Region from vines in the Cotovia single vineyard. Here the soil is granitic, with medium grain and an average altitude of 85m and comes from their oldest vines planted in the early 1990’s. The vineyard is around 1ha with single downward cordons and a low yeld. The grape production is certified as “Integrated Production” (EU environmentally friendly practices). |
| Winemaking | The grapes are hand harvested, destemmed, and part of them are submitted to pellicular maceration. Both grape varieties are fermented separately and are blended in December with their original lees. After being decanted the must is fermented in stainless steel at low temperature with “batonnage” and lees staging for 5 months until bottling. After decanting, the must is fermented in stainless steel vats at low temperatures, leaving the wine on its fine lees with stirring (batonnage) until bottling preparation. |
| Aging | Stainless steel vats. |
| Capacity | 750 ml |
| Volume | Alcohol by Volume: 11,5% |
| Temperature | 8ºC - 10ºC |
| Harmonizations | Boiled prawns, grilled sole and salads. |
| Wine's Awards | 88 Pontos - Revista Wine Enthusiast |
The History
Casa de Paços probably owes its name to an ancient paço(*) from the days in which St. Eulália de Rio Côvo might have been a Roman thermal resort. Part of what the estate is today once belonged to the Commendam of Chavão of the Order of Malta, but, for more than 400 years (since the XVI century) and 15 generations it has remained a property of the same family, the Silvas of Rio Côvo, thus named by genealogist Felgueiras Gayo, a descendant himself of this family.
This family later united with the Fonseca family of Amins by matrimony, giving birth to the Silva Fonseca family, who in turn would also unite matrimonially with the Teixeira de Barros family (Majorat of Perdigão), as well as with their relatives Pereira da Fonseca Vilas-Boas (Majorat of Real), the Viscounts of Barrosa and the Mattos Graça family (owners of Casa do Bemfeito and, they too, descendants from the Casa de Paços).
This family later united with the Fonseca family of Amins by matrimony, giving birth to the Silva Fonseca family, who in turn would also unite matrimonially with the Teixeira de Barros family (Majorat of Perdigão), as well as with their relatives Pereira da Fonseca Vilas-Boas (Majorat of Real), the Viscounts of Barrosa and the Mattos Graça family (owners of Casa do Bemfeito and, they too, descendants from the Casa de Paços).
In this house were born and undertook important building works Dr. D. Frei João Baptista da Sylva (1679-1765), Benedictine monk and once General of the Order and, on two different times, General Abbott of Tibães, as well as Dr. Teotónio José da Fonseca (1875-1937), author of Barcelos Aquém e Além-Cávado and of several other monographs and genealogy books, and a member of the Portuguese Archaeologists Association.
(NT: lat. palatiu, hence Engl. palace; also called lat. villa: "a large ancient Roman country house with the buildings and farmland belonging to it" [in the Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture; Longman: Harlow, 1998])
Pioneers
They are proud of the tradition of more than four centuries in the production of wine in the Minho region but also of being pioneers in practices that were not common at the time in the Vinho Verde region. They were the first producer to make a blend of the Arinto and Loureiro grape varieties. They were also the first to produce an Arinto Reserva, fermented and aged in barrels using batonnage.
(NT: lat. palatiu, hence Engl. palace; also called lat. villa: "a large ancient Roman country house with the buildings and farmland belonging to it" [in the Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture; Longman: Harlow, 1998])
Pioneers
They are proud of the tradition of more than four centuries in the production of wine in the Minho region but also of being pioneers in practices that were not common at the time in the Vinho Verde region. They were the first producer to make a blend of the Arinto and Loureiro grape varieties. They were also the first to produce an Arinto Reserva, fermented and aged in barrels using batonnage.
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