Marinho Cezapil 2020
Region: Lisboa
Producer: Luis Gil
Fernão Pires, from a 40-year-old vineyard with limestone and sand soil, located behind the dunes of Peniche. Total production 400 liters.Available from May 2023; only 54 bottles for Belgium
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Fernão Pires |
| Drinking window | 2022-2032 |
| Alc. | 11.0% |
| Vinification | The grapes were harvested on Sept. 16, 2020 and selected in the vineyard in 12-kg boxes (the smaller the crates in which the grapes are transported, the less likely a grape will be bruised prematurely and the juice oxidized. At the winery, the grapes were lightly bruised and underwent a 5-day maceration of whole bunches. They were then pressed in a vertical press and the juice transferred to 600-liter barrels. |
| Ripening | 22 months in used barrels |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
One single vineyard with fifty-five-year-old vines on limestone and sand, behind the dunes by the ocean. After a light crushing the whole bunches steep for five days, then a gentle pressing in a small vertical press — the old-fashioned way, which presses less hard than a modern one. Then twenty-three months in old barrels. Eleven degrees of alcohol and still complexity eleven: little weight, many layers, and a saline finish that comes from those dunes.
Drie gerechten die werken
Warm octopus salad with potato
Pan-fried grey mullet with bay
Grilled mackerel with rhubarb
Pan-fried grey mullet with bay
Grilled mackerel with rhubarb
Vegetarisch
Roasted carrot with orange and cumin
Minder geschikt bij
Thickened cream and butter sauces: it is built on acidity and salt, not on weight in the mouth. A sweet sauce pushes it away altogether.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Sapateira recheada — stuffed North Sea crab, cold from the shell with bread
Serveren op 10–12 °C
The producer
Luis Gil
Under the name Marinho, he makes wines that we can only describe as ‘unique’. So unique, in fact, that Luis adds a whole new dimension to the world of wine.
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