Palhete do Tareco 2023, XXVI Talhas
Region: Alentejo
Producer: XXVI Talhas
Why we chose this wine
Palhete do Tareco is a light red wine traditionally made with short amphora aging. In the old reaches, white and black grapes that are excluded are planted together. The Portuguese sometimes also make a wine in which both are combined in a ratio of 70% white and 30% black grapes. This makes for a very tasty wine with a light red color that is served cool.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Aragonês, Trincadeira, Tinta Grossa, Antão Vaz, Roupeiro and Diagalves |
| Drinking window | 2024-2029 |
| Alc. | 13.0% |
| Vinification | Total destemming and slight crushing. |
| Ripening | Fermented with maceration and contact with the masses for two months in clay pots, without temperature control and with indigenous yeasts. It was not submitted to any filtration or stabilization process. The filtration only occurs through the passage of the liquid by the masses present in the talha. |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
Palhete is the old Portuguese way: red and white grapes fermented together, here Aragonês and Trincadeira alongside Antão Vaz. Fully destemmed, lightly crushed, then fermenting in tarecos — three-hundred-litre terracotta jars that every farmer in the Alentejo once kept at home. No temperature control, indigenous yeasts, and a colour somewhere between red and rosé.
Drie gerechten die werken
Gazpacho with toasted bread
Grilled quail with lemon
Tortilla with potato and onion
Grilled quail with lemon
Tortilla with potato and onion
Vegetarisch
Roasted tomatoes with oregano and garlic
Minder geschikt bij
Anything with a lot of oak or a robust gravy: this is a wine for the summer table.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Gaspacho alentejano — cold bread soup with tomato, cucumber and oregano, drunk in the Alentejo with palhete
Serveren op 12–13 °C, lightly chilled
What the critics say
JancisRobinson.com
16,5/ 20
Tasted 24-02-2024
Drink: 2024–2025
Drink: 2024–2025
— Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com
The producer
XXVI Talhas
4 friends pulled out of mothballs a cellar with 26 ancient terracotta amphorae , restoring a magnificent tradition. Discover the primal traditional wines made on amphorae, from XXVI Talhas.
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