White Wine Vinho Verde

Vinho Verde White Wine

Everyday white wine Vinho Verde

The white wine Vinho Verde “Encosta do Xisto” that is to be consumed daily with your meals. It is a wine that has no pretensions getting older in a wine cellar, is a wine to be drunk now.

What does it mean Xisto?
Xisto is shale a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.
Shale is one of the most abundant stones in our region, so we decided to baptize our wine in honor of this magnificent stone so abundant in our vineyards.

Classification: D.O.C. Vinho Verde
Type: Vinho Verde / White

• Acidity: 6,8 g/dm3
• pH: 3,25
• Sugar: 7.9 g/dm3
• ABV: 12% Vol.

Viticulture:

Harvest: 2016
Grapes Varieties: 40% Loureiro, 30% Trajadura and 30% Arinto

Region: North of Portugal Vinho Verde Region
Soil type: Granite derived
Climate: Mediterranean with Atlantic influence

Harvest:

Month: September of 2016
Type: Hand picking

Vinification:

Fermentation: Stainless steel.

Maturation: In stainless steel vessels at 8°C.

Colour: Citrus with greenish reflexes.

Nose: White flowers Floral and fruity enhancing green apples and peach.

Palate: Dry, fruity enhancing green apples and peach with smooth intensity. Long and persistent. Moderated acidity that gives freshness.

Consumption temperature recommended: 8/10 °C

The vineyard

In the properties, with about 24 hectares of vineyards, you can find the best grape varieties of the region, giving rise to white wines (Loureiro, Alvarinho, Trajadura and Pedernã), much respected in the region.

The harvest is carried out manually, with the separation of grape varieties, to allow a separated vinification, for later the lots being made in accordance with the characteristics of the wines produced.

In our estate, in the north of Portugal, you can find the cellar where all our Vinho Verde is made, with the most recent processes, using exclusively grapes from our own vineyards.

Award:

Silver Medal in Wine Master Challenge 2011 in Estoril – Portugal

The Vinho Verde

Vinho Verde is unique in the world.

Its vibrant freshness, elegance, lightness and aromatic and flavorful expressions, especially its fruity and floral notes, are the characteristics that define and differentiate Vinho Verde.

Exclusively produced in the demarcated region of Vinho Verde in northwestern Portugal, it is only produced from the indigenous grape varieties of the region, preserving its typicity of aromas and flavors as unique in the world of wine.

White Wine Vinho Verde: wines are citrus or straw-colored with rich, fruity and floral aromas, depending on the grapes that are used.

They have a balanced palate, and are intense and very refreshing.

Cheers…