PLEASE NOTE: This is a recurring auction. The seal number(s) you see on the photos might differ from the one(s) on your bottle(s). 2016 Casa de Santar Vinha dos Amores Encruzado Dão Blanc de Blancs Brut Sparkling White 2 x 0.75L 2016 Casa de Santar Vinha dos Amores Touriga Nacional Dão Blanc de Noirs Brut Sparkling White 2 x 0.75L 4 Bottles Dão Region DESCRIPTION Casa de Santar is historically connected to wine production. Founded in the end of the 18th century, it is one the most iconics wine making estates in Dão, due to its history, dimension and the reputation of its wines. The wines from this noble house are renowned due to their tradition, authenticity and nobility, reasons that make this brand from Dão so special and known for its 200-year-old history. A couple of kilometres from Casa de Santar, we can begin to see on the horizon several hectares of vineyard, which is very rare in this part of the country. Casa de Santar owns the largest continuous terrain in Dão, with 103 hectares, 83 of red varieties and 20ha of white varieties. Santar’s most well known plot is Vinha dos Amores, a slope with incredible soil and solar exposure where we grow the best Encruzado and Touriga Nacional grapes. Vinha dos Amores, or Lovers Vineyard in English, got its name because it was, since time immemorial, the meeting point for all the lovers of the village of Santar in their passionate rendezvous. Here were born some of the most elegant wines in Portugal that have earned high scores and awards from national and international critics. The estate has been connected to the same family for 13 generations and the cellar deserves a proper tour: from the cellar to the fermentation room with its stainless-steel vats, through the wine-aging room where the wines rest in French oak barrels and where we can find the highlight of this room, the incredibly old copper alembic. Then, we carry on to the tasting room and the cellar that keeps and protects the brands’ oldest harvests. WINEMAKER: Osvaldo Amado. 2016 Casa de Santar Vinha dos Amores Encruzado Dão Blanc de Blancs Brut Sparkling White 2 x 0.75L AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS 90 Points, Wine Enthusiast (2013 Vintage) 18 Points, Best of The Year 2021, Vinho Grandes Escolhas (2013 Vintage) WINE VARIETIES: Encruzado (100%). VINIFICATION Grapes crushed with total destemming, soft pneumatic pressing, only being used the free running juice. Natural static clarification and fermentation at 18ºC. Classic method. Maturation of 60 months in wine cellar and 6 months in bottle. TASTING NOTES Crystaline with persistent fine bubbles. Intense Citrine with hints of hay. Complex and intense, Predominant in dry nuts, biscuits and toasted cereal. Fruity, fresh, elegant, soft mousse, crispy and elegant persistence. SERVING As an appetizer, not very spicy dishes based on fish and white meat and desertes, or in leisure times. Drink at 8ºC. -> 2016 Casa de Santar Vinha dos Amores Touriga Nacional Dão Blanc de Noirs Brut Sparkling White 2 x 0.75L AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS 18 Points, Best of The Year 2022, Vinho Grandes Escolhas 89 Points, Wine Enthusiast (2015 Vintage) WINE VARIETIES: Touriga Nacional (100%). VINIFICATION Grapes crushed with total destemming, soft pneumatic pressing, only being used the free running juice. Natural static clarification and fermentation at 18ºC. Classic method. Maturation of at least 24 months in wine cellar and 3 months in bottle. TASTING NOTES Crystalline with persistent fine bubbles. Light salmon color. Complex and distinct aromas, being predominant in red fruits jelley, biscuits and toasted bread. Fruity with plenty of crunchy mousse, has irreverent acidity that gives elegance, persistence and originality. SERVING As an appetizer, not very spicy dishes based on fish and white meat and desertes, or in leisure times. Drink at 8ºC.