Herdade de São Miguel Esquecido White 2022

€ 27.90

Delicious Arinto from the Alentejo. Light lemony colour. Pronounced aroma of passion fruit, lemon, grapefruit, red apple & orange blossom, very fine butter, light spiciness of cinnamon & nutmeg. Youthful. Dry. Crisp, spicy and pure. Medium-bodied and a long, elegant finish. Excellently !

Food pairing

Delicious with guinea fowl, pheasant with deacidified sauerkraut, oven-baked chicken, and fish such as cod and redfish.

Grapes 100% Arinto de Bucelas

Hand harvest. Maceration before fermentation for 24 hours. Fermentation in 400-liter oak barrels for 10 to 15 days. Aged for 16 months in the same 400L French oak barrels

2022 was one of the most challenging vintages at Casa Relvas. The winter was cold and very dry. Spring was rainy with average mildew pressure, the vines were very comfortable with water needs during the beginning of the growing season. In summer, temperatures were quite high, and there was no rain from May until September. The warmer days brought high Cicadella pressure and some hard to manage sunburn in some vineyards in the warmer parts of the region! Ripening was quite slow, promising a very concentrated vintage.

Alcoholcontent

12,5 %vol

pH: 3,27

Store & Serve

This wine can be kept for 5 years after harvest year in a cool place (12°C) and away from light. Can be drunk now. Serve 9-10 °C

Critics & Awards

4,3/5 Vivino (127 ratings)

90/100 - Wine Enthusiast, tasted 7-jan-24

Tags: Herdade de São Miguel - Alentejo