Quinta da Pellada Alto 2017
Region: Dão
Producer: Quinta de Saes - da Pellada
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.
| Volume | 75.0cl |
| Grape Variety | Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Jaen, Alfrocheiro |
| Drinking window | 2024-2031 |
| 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. |