2021 Herdade Aldeia de Cima, Garrafeira & Reserva - Alentejo DOC - 3 Bottles (0.75L)

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2021 Herdade Aldeia de Cima Garrafeira White 1 x 0.75L
2021 Herdade Aldeia de Cima Reserva White 2 x 0.75L
3 Bottles
Alentejo Region

DESCRIPTION
The Amorim family have been involved with the world of wine since 1870, when they first started producing cork stoppers for the Port Wine cellars, in Vila Nova de Gaia. Today it is one of the most renowned family groups in Portugal with businesses in many countries and many different sectors.
Since 1999, the fourth generation of the family has been involved in wine, through the capable hands of Luísa Amorim, upholding profound respect for the historical heritage and the reputation of three of Portugal’s most important wine regions.
As a family, Luisa Amorim and Francisco Rêgo are creating wines that preserve the history of the place. Brought to market two years after the grape harvest, production is small and the aim is to reach around 100,000 bottles. Herdade Aldeia de Cima’s classic and elegant wines preserve the distinctiveness of the estate and are hugely complex, stemming from heterogeneous soils and indigenous and Portuguese grape varieties.

WINEMAKER: Jorge Alves & António Cavalheiro.

2021 Herdade Aldeia de Cima Garrafeira White 1 x 0.75L
AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS
91 Points, Wine Enthusiast (2020 Vintage)
18 Points, Vinho Grandes Escolhas (2020 Vintage)
93 Points, Revista Adega (2019 Vintage)
18 Points, Revista de Vinhos (2019 Vintage)
93 Points, Fugas (2019 Vintage)
17 Points, Jancis Robinson (2019 Vintage)

WINE VARIETIES: Arinto (40%), Antão Vaz (30%), Alvarinho (15%), Perrum (10%) & Roupeiro (5%).

VINIFICATION
Manual Harvesting. Fermented for 9 months in 3000 lt French Oak barrels (new) and 16 months in a glass bottle. In the Alentejo region “Garrafeira” is now a reference reserved for high quality wines, with a minimum ageing period of 12 months for white wines - with at least six months in a glass bottle - and, in the case of red wines, a minimum of 30 months - with at least 12 months in a glass bottle. This process is duly monitored, on a step-by-step basis, by the Alentejo Regional Wine Commission - CVRA and managed with an individual current account.

TASTING NOTES
Here we look at the land as our home, looking for fine textures, mineral notes, intense fresh fruit scents and aromas from the Mediterranean forest, the complexity that the aromas of the local grape varieties that are grown at a high altitude are mixed with the flavours originating from soils on sunny slopes, where the temperatures are moderated by the fresh Atlantic winds, originate a different Alentejo, in the Serra do Mendro, that divides the Alto Alentejo from the Baixo Alentejo.

2021 Herdade Aldeia de Cima Reserva White 2 x 0.75L
AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS
91 Points, Wine Enthusiast
92 Points, Revista Adega
17 Points, Vinho Grandes Escolhas
16.5 Points, Jancis Robinson
93 Points, Hudin.com (2020 Vintage)
17 Points, Revista de Vinhos
89-90 Points, VertdeVin (2018 Vintage)
17 Points, Revista Paixão Pelo Vinho (2018 Vintage)

WINE VARIETIES: Alvarinho (45%), Antão Vaz (35%), Roupeiro (10%) & Perrum (10%).

VINIFICATION
Manual harvesting. Antão Vaz aged for 6 months in 3000 lt wooden vat (2nd year); Roupeiro and Perrum aged for 6 months in 500 lt French Oak barrels and Alvarinho aged for 6 months in Nico Velo 2600 lt cement vats.

TASTING NOTES
The Reserva Branco (white) combines the terroir of this land, influenced by the cooler climate and the diversity of skeletal soils, producing a balanced wine with a fragrant aroma, linear structure, and high density and minerality.