Buçaco Branco 2018

€ 77.37

Refined aroma of lime, pineapple, pear, wet stone, light vanilla and salt. Dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium body, medium intensity, lime, peach, little pineapple, little vanilla in the long finish.

Food-Pairing

Grapes: Bical, Maria Gomes, Encruzado

Since the beginning, in 1917, this wine was designed to be a traditional blend of two regions, Dão and Bairrada. The grapes are fermented separately. The ageing takes up to 12 months in 50% new 300L french barrels and 50% used barrels (2nd year). The wine is usually released 4 years after bottling.

Alexandre de Almeida, founder of the oldest hotel chain in Portugal with the same name, began producing Buçaco Wines in 1917 when he realized what the Hotel Winery concept meant after many visits to European hotels, including those on the French “Côte D’Azure”. This gave him the idea to open his own winery at the Buçaco Palace, starting to produce varieties that would come to be known as the glorious “Buçaco wines”. In the early 20th century, one of the most interesting pages on Portuguese wine was created, the wine that was to become a much-envied icon, but which was always intentionally kept out of the limelight. Its creator, Alexandre de Almeida, adopted the concept of linking luxury hotels to a winery with their own wine. If we look back, ever since the first harvests we realized the importance of this icon that was served to kings, queens and heads of state, as proven by menus, proudly kept at the Hotel Palace Buçaco. Buçaco wines were just that: objects of culture limited to very restricted circles, the elite. Their fantastic and noble labels still bear the symbol of their nobility to this day and age.

Alcoholcontent

13%

Store & Serve

Storage Lying down at a temperature of 12°C. Serve at a temperature of 13°C

Can be drunk up to 15 years after harvest year