CAVEIRA WHITE ANTÃO VAZ 2022

CONCEPT
The Represa de Baixo vineyard, located in the Serra de Grândola, is planted on a historic property with records dating back to Roman times, 1st and 3rd centuries AD.

At approximately 200 meters altitude and about 10 km from the Atlantic Ocean, with a unique and exceptional terroir, we seek the most vibrant expression of Portuguese grape varieties, demonstrating their full potential for producing quality wines with great aging potential.

SOIL GEOLOGY
The Antão Vaz grape variety thrives in very old, poor, and acidic schistous soils, where the vine roots penetrate to the cooler lower layers. Its dark colors absorb solar radiation, which is released as heat at night, allowing for the production of very high-quality grapes.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• ALCOHOL/VOLUME 12.5%
• REDUCING SUGAR 0.6 G/L
• pH 3.40
• TOTAL ACIDITY 6.3 G/L

 

GRAPE VARIETIES
Antão Vaz

VITICULTURE
Integrated Production. Amândio Cruz

WINERY
Grapes received at the winery in 15 kg boxes. Manual selection followed by destemming, skin maceration and gentle pneumatic pressing of the grapes and the natural process of static decantation that leads to alcoholic fermentation. After the normal fermentation period in stainless steel at a controlled temperature of around 15 ºC, the wine was subjected to a period of aging in tanks, stabilized and finally bottled.

Special care was taken in the winemaking, minimizing any intervention, with the purpose of producing a wine that expresses well the particularities of the grapes and their unique and exceptional terroir.

ENOLOGY
P. de Vasconcellos e Souza