Humus Tinto Especial
Region: Lisboa
Producer: Humus
Why we chose this wine
'Especial' is one way to put it. This Humus is a blend of the 2013, 2014 and 2015 harvests. Rodrigo decided at the time to bottle part of each harvest and ... part not. The reserve he simply kept in steel tanks. In the end, in 2023 (!), he blended the three years and bottled them. Drinking outside the box, 200%.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Syrah, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Nacional and Castelão |
| Drinking window | 2025-2027 |
| Alc. | 12.0% |
| Vinification | in steel |
| Ripening | in steel for 10 years! |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
A blend of three vintages — 2013, 2014 and 2015 — of which Rodrigo set a part aside each year and left it ten years in steel. Ten years in steel is unusual: no wood, no oxygen, so the wine changes slowly and keeps its fruit while the tannin rounds off by itself. Twelve degrees of alcohol, four varieties, and a flavour you will find in few other bottles.
Drie gerechten die werken
Roast duck leg with apple
Veal blanquette
Rabbit with olives and pine nuts
Veal blanquette
Rabbit with olives and pine nuts
Vegetarisch
Sweet potato from the oven with miso and spring onion
Minder geschikt bij
Hot or heavily spiced dishes: they run straight through a flavour picture that needed ten years.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Carne assada com batata a murro — roast meat with potatoes crushed in coarse salt and olive oil
Serveren op 15 °C
The producer
Humus
Rodrigo Filipe was one of the pioneers of natural wine in Portugal and remains one of our personal favourites. On his 9 hectares near Peniche he makes fresh, low-alcohol wines that he only releases after several years of ageing.