Alves de Sousa Quinta Gaivosa Grande Reserva 2021 Branco
€ 34.00
| Producer | Alves de Sousa |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Malvasia Fina, Gouveio, Avesso, Arinto |
| Alcohol | 12.5%vol |
| Serving | 12°C, open and decant half an hour ahead |
| Drinking window | Up to 10 years after the harvest |
| Scores | 90/100 VertdeVin |
Branco da Gaivosa Grande Reserva: flowers, lychee and great minerality.
Tasting note
A dry white of great class, straw yellow, with floral aromas, a hint of lychee and great minerality. Complex, cool and elegant.
The story
Critics such as Robert Parker and Jancis Robinson rank Alves de Sousa among the Douro’s better houses, for wine and Port alike. The best wines come from very old vines, which shows in their great concentration.
Quinta da Gaivosa lies in the Baixo Corgo, on the right bank of the Corgo, not far from Vila Real. It is the family’s home base, with old vineyards where dozens of varieties grow together. The winery, designed by architect Belém Lima, has won several architecture and wine tourism awards.
Food pairing
Ideal with all kinds of salads, excellent with seafood and grilled fish.
The producer
Winemaking is a family tradition for Domingos Alves de Sousa: his father Edmundo and his grandfather Domingos were already Douro winegrowers. Trained as a civil engineer, in 1987 he devoted himself fully to the quintas he had inherited. For years he supplied grapes to big houses such as Casa Ferreirinha and Borges. After the crisis of the late 1980s and the disastrous 1988 harvest, he decided to make and bottle his own wine. He built a winery at Quinta da Gaivosa and in 1992 released his first wine, the Quinta do Vale da Raposa Branco 1991.
Revista de Vinhos named him Producer of the Year in 1999 and 2006: he was the first ever to win the title twice. Since 2002 his son Tiago, who holds a doctorate in viticulture, has been the winemaker. The family uses only grapes from its own six quintas: Gaivosa, Vale da Raposa, Caldas, Estação, Aveleira and Oliveirinha.
Critics & Awards
90/100 VertdeVin | Tasted: May 2022
A somewhat restrained nose of cinnamon and cloves, white fruit and dried herbs. Taut on the palate, with lively acidity and well-integrated oak.
A somewhat restrained nose of cinnamon and cloves, white fruit and dried herbs. Taut on the palate, with lively acidity and well-integrated oak.
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