Description

This old Dao estate ws founded in 1255, on the site of a Roman villa. Now owned by the Amorim family, the major player in Portugals cork industry, overseen by Luísa Amorim and winemakers Jorge Alves and Rodrigo Costa. Their new gravity fed winery complete with stainless steel and tulip shaped concrete vats along with an array of oak cuves. and barrels. Their high lying vineyards are planted on granitic soils giving freshness and complex minerality.

Encruzado is the most important of the several white grapes grown in Dao and gives floral peachy aromatics and a complex long palate. Here 40% is aged in used 500-litre French oak barrels, 30% in cement Tulipe tanks and 30% in stainless steel tanks for 7 months before bottling.