Esporão Reserva White 2024
€ 17.26
| Producer | Esporão |
| Region | Alentejo |
| Grapes | Antão Vaz (40%), Arinto (30%), Roupeiro (30%) |
| Ageing | 26% in new oak, 6 months on fine lees |
| Alcohol | 13.5%vol | pH: 3.29 |
| Serving | 8-10°C |
| Drinking window | Up to 6 years after the harvest |
Esporão Reserva Branco 2024: grapefruit, white peach and a touch of oak, creamy and mineral.
Tasting note
A white of excellent balance: refined and mineral, with grapefruit and white peach, subtle toasty oak and fresh spicy notes. Creamy, complex and balanced, with a long, intense finish.
The story
Like the red, the white Esporão Reserva was born in 1985. Over the years it has become slimmer and fresher.
After destemming, cold settling and pressing, 74% fermented in stainless steel and 26% in new American and French oak. The wine then aged six months on fine lees. 2024 had a mild, wet autumn, winter and spring, followed by a dry, less hot summer.
Food pairing
Lovely with grilled white fish such as halibut, pasta in cream sauce, scallops, Asian dishes and moussaka.
The producer
Herdade do Esporão lies near Reguengos de Monsaraz in the Alentejo, on an estate with a medieval tower, an arch and a chapel, whose boundaries have barely changed since 1267. In 1973 banker José Roquette and agronomist Joaquim Bandeira bought the estate. It was nationalised after the revolution, yet in 1985 the first wine appeared: Esporão Reserva.
Since 2006 his son João Roquette has led the company. Esporão became one of Portugal’s largest organic wine producers. In 2008 it also bought Quinta dos Murças in the Douro, and later Quinta do Ameal in Vinho Verde.
