Quinta da Pellada Alto 2019
Region: Dão
Producer: Quinta de Saes - da Pellada
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 | Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Jaen, Alfrocheiro |
| Drinking window | 2021-2033 |
| Alc. | 13.0% |
| Vinification | In open fermentation vats with minimal treatment of the must. The skins are soaked only gently in the juice 1 to 3 times a day. Fermentation lasts about 8 days. |
| Ripening | In wooden barrels with a small percentage of new oak (of French origin) for about 18 months. |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
At Alto the extraction is almost to be called restrained: the floating cap is gently submerged one to three times a day, nothing else happens, and in eight days or so the fermentation is done. That light hand explains why a wine of such complexity carries no hard tannin. Eighteen months in barrel, with only a small share of new French oak.
Roast pigeon with parsnip purée
Duck braised with shiitake and soy
Serveren op 16–17 °C, an hour in a decanter