Esporão Reserva Branco 2021

€ 16.91

A real winner! A white wine with excellent balance, a refined mineral flavor with notes of grapefruit and white peach aromas with subtle toasty oak integration, fresh spicy and herbal notes, emphasising the aromatic freshness. Creamy, complex and balanced palate with elegant fruit and minerality, intense and persistent finish. The most award winning Portuguese white wine and winner of many awards. Very wide gastronomically usable

Food pairing

This white reserva tastes delicious with white grilled fish (eg halibut), Penne with cream sauce, scallops, Asian dishes & moussaka

Grapes: Antão Vaz, Arinto, Roupeiro

Destemming, cold settling, skin maceration, pressing, must decantation, temperature-controlled fermentation 75% of the batch in stainless steel tanks and 25% in new American and French oak barrels. Six months in stainless steel tanks and in new American and French oak barrels, with ageing on fine lees

The 2021 agricultural year was a rainy year. During the vegetative rest period (Autumn – Winter) precipitation values were higher than the average of the last 22 years, with temperatures remaining mild. These precipitation values led to the fact that, at the beginning of the vegetative cycle (Spring), practically all the soils had their water reserves completely reestablished. The budburst occurred earlier, and the higher temperatures observed during the Spring accelerated the vegetative development until flowering. In Summer, milder temperatures contributed to a regular development of the vegetative cycle, allowing maturation to take pace in a regular and balanced manner

Alcohol content

14%vol

pH: 3,19

Store & Serve

Can be drunk 5 years after harvest

Serve at 8-10°C