Uma certa forma de ordem 2022, Atlas Land
Region: Algarve
Producer: atlasland (Filippo Pozzi)
Why we chose this wine
Filippo states:
"This wine from Castelão grapes is the first red we release. Only 800 bottles
were produced.
The vines are 35 years old, planted on an elevated plateau rich in clay,
exposed to the NW winds coming from the ocean, close to the village of
Rogil. This parcel is particularly balanced and tamed compared to the wild
bush vines we’re used to deal with. Each bunch has enough space for the
fruit to ripen in the best possible conditions. Virtually no disease pressure
because of the exposure to the elements.
We make this wine by foot threading the grapes and layering some whole
cluster on top of them in open top fermenters. We pressed after 7 days
with a small vertical wooden press and bucketed the juice straight into
barrel and a small steel tank. The intimacy of making wine this way
connects us to the fruit and its mother land in the most simple yet powerful
way. This artisanal gesture is preserved in the way the wine express itself.
Genuine, easy to pair with food, fluctuating between a warm
Mediterranean fruit and the savoury scent of a sea shell.
"This wine from Castelão grapes is the first red we release. Only 800 bottles
were produced.
The vines are 35 years old, planted on an elevated plateau rich in clay,
exposed to the NW winds coming from the ocean, close to the village of
Rogil. This parcel is particularly balanced and tamed compared to the wild
bush vines we’re used to deal with. Each bunch has enough space for the
fruit to ripen in the best possible conditions. Virtually no disease pressure
because of the exposure to the elements.
We make this wine by foot threading the grapes and layering some whole
cluster on top of them in open top fermenters. We pressed after 7 days
with a small vertical wooden press and bucketed the juice straight into
barrel and a small steel tank. The intimacy of making wine this way
connects us to the fruit and its mother land in the most simple yet powerful
way. This artisanal gesture is preserved in the way the wine express itself.
Genuine, easy to pair with food, fluctuating between a warm
Mediterranean fruit and the savoury scent of a sea shell.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Castelão |
| Drinking window | 2024-2034 |
| Alc. | 12.5% |
| Vinification | in open lagares |
| Ripening | in steel |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
Thirty-five-year-old Castelão on a clay plateau near Rogil, full in the north-westerly wind coming off the ocean. Fermented in open lagares and aged in steel, so that nothing stands between the wind and the clay. Twelve and a half degrees at complexity eleven: little weight, many layers — the reason the Algarve counts as a wine region again.
Drie gerechten die werken
Grilled sea bass with fennel
Pan-fried chicken livers with shallot
Grilled swordfish with tomato and capers
Pan-fried chicken livers with shallot
Grilled swordfish with tomato and capers
Vegetarisch
Grilled fennel with orange and olives
Minder geschikt bij
Heavily thickened sauces: they make the tension in this wine inaudible.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Cataplana de carne de porco — pork with peppers and onion cooked in the copper cataplana, the pan of the south coast
Serveren op 14 °C
The producer
atlasland (Filippo Pozzi)
We came across Filippo Pozzi before he had even bottled his first wine and then waited patiently for more than 2 years. At last we have the first bottles of his delicious Atlas wines, from old vineyards in the coastal area of the Alentejo and Algarve.
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