Flos Castanea 2023
Region: Bairrada
Producer: Filipa Pato
Flos Castanea is an experiment in which chestnut blossoms were used as the sole preservative. The grapes come from a 40-year-old vineyard.| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Bical |
| Drinking window | 2024-2030 |
| Alc. | 12.3% |
| Vinification | Fermentation on the skins for two weeks in open fermentation vats. |
| Ripening | partly in 500-litre barrels and partly in amphorae for 12 months; bottled without filtering or fining; followed by another 12 months of bottle ageing |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
Two weeks fermenting with the skins in open vats, then twelve months partly in five-hundred-litre barrels and partly in amphorae, and bottled without filtration. That is not an ordinary white vinification but the approach of an orange wine: you get grip on the tongue, an orange-yellow colour and aromas of apricot skin and tea. Bical from limestone, with the high acidity of Bairrada underneath — and that combination of acidity and skin tannin makes it more widely usable at the table than any other white wine from this house.
Grilled aubergine with miso dressing
Pan-fried pork belly with ginger and soy
Serveren op 12–14 °C
The daughter of a renowned winemaker, Filipa Pato chose to assist her father, yet also start her own winery in addition. We were there even before the first wine was bottled and we are still following her.
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