Quinta de Pellada Alfrocheiro 2011

Grape variety

Alfrocheiro

Drinking window

Alc.

13,00%

Vinification

Vinification is done as naturally as possible, without the use of electrical mechanics, without extraction, and fermentation is carried out using indigenous yeasts.

Ripening

in oak barrels.

Alvaro Casto perfectly embodies the essence of The Portugal Collection. At the end of 2018, Alvaro Casto will be harvesting 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.

The nose is deep and complex with hints of chocolate. The palate is structured with an elegant smooth fruit dominating.