2022 Natus Branco, Alentejo, Portugal Black Estate manzanita and western elderflower

manzanita and western elderflower

Ageing during 6 months and light filtration before bottling during the spring time

Fermented in small 1-ton bins at low temp with the cap punched down by hand twice daily to achieve gentle extraction of flavor and tannin

The grapes are left to ferment on the skins in truncated cone shaped oak vats

built around kinetic energy rather than excessive structure

2022 Natus Branco, Alentejo, Portugal Black Estate manzanita and western elderflowerThe vineyards that produced this wine are planted in the heart of Vidigueira, at the southern foot of the Serra do Mendro, on schist soils with sandy loam and loam textures . The traditional grape varieties, mainly Roupeiro, Anto Vaz and Gouveio, were hand picked and trodden by foot in a wine press for 2 days. When fermentation began spontaneously, the grapes were pressed and the must was stored in traditional amphorae and used oak barrels until the