Quinta de Pellada Muleta 2020
Region: Dão
Producer: Quinta de Saes - da Pellada
Why we chose this wine
This cuvée is the fruit of the conservation effort of the genetic heritage of the indigenous grape varieties of the Dão. The vines are located on old plots of land planted with different grape varieties. In this cuvée we have identified the Jaen, Baga, Touriga Nacional, Bastardo, Moscatel Pardo, Alfrocheiro Preto, but there are many others.
The nose is very elegant, slightly floral, with notes of wild fruits and mentholated touches. On the palate, fresh fruit and spice flavours are wrapped in a refreshing mineral profile. The wine has good volume on the palate, without being heavy, offering a fragrant, long and very balanced finish.
Alvaro Castro perfectly embodies the essence of The Portugal Collection. At the end of 2018, Alvaro Castro harvested his 30th vintage as an independent winegrower. We have been following him since 2003 and consider him to be one of Portugal's key winemakers, a player in the qualitative renaissance of Portuguese wines, if only because he has, almost single-handedly, put the Dão region back on the map. He has been assisted by his daughter Maria for several years. Their elegant wines make the region shine like in the good old days. His vineyards are located in the Dao region, on a granite terroir on a mountain plateau at an altitude of 450m.
Alvaro's more accessible vintages are marketed under the label of Quinta de Saes, while it bottles distinguished wines for laying down under the name Quinta da Pelleda.
The nose is very elegant, slightly floral, with notes of wild fruits and mentholated touches. On the palate, fresh fruit and spice flavours are wrapped in a refreshing mineral profile. The wine has good volume on the palate, without being heavy, offering a fragrant, long and very balanced finish.
Alvaro Castro perfectly embodies the essence of The Portugal Collection. At the end of 2018, Alvaro Castro harvested his 30th vintage as an independent winegrower. We have been following him since 2003 and consider him to be one of Portugal's key winemakers, a player in the qualitative renaissance of Portuguese wines, if only because he has, almost single-handedly, put the Dão region back on the map. He has been assisted by his daughter Maria for several years. Their elegant wines make the region shine like in the good old days. His vineyards are located in the Dao region, on a granite terroir on a mountain plateau at an altitude of 450m.
Alvaro's more accessible vintages are marketed under the label of Quinta de Saes, while it bottles distinguished wines for laying down under the name Quinta da Pelleda.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | field blend |
| Drinking window | 2022-2035 |
| Alc. | 13.0% |
| Vinification | in lagar, by gravity , minimal intervention, fermentation with indigenous yeasts. |
| Ripening | in used 225L barrels, no filtration before bottling. |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
A vineyard over a hundred years old that barely yields grapes any more, but what it gives is exceptional. Fermented in a lagar, aged in used oak casks, and otherwise interfered with as little as possible — Alvaro Castro lets the site speak. Complexity fourteen at a weight of eleven: you taste more than you carry, and that is the whole reason this bottle exists.
Drie gerechten die werken
Pigeon breast with black cherry
Sweetbreads with peas and mint
Saddle of venison with parsnip and juniper
Sweetbreads with peas and mint
Saddle of venison with parsnip and juniper
Vegetarisch
Roasted beetroot with goat's butter and dill
Minder geschikt bij
Simple, heavily spiced or smoked dishes: this wine deserves a plate as slow as it is.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Cabrito da Serra no forno com arroz de miúdos — kid goat from the oven with rice made from the offal
Serveren op 16–17 °C, an hour in a decanter