2022 Cabecas do Reguengo Respiro Clarete, Alentejo, Portugal Cotar This will need a couple

This will need a couple of years to reveal all its complexity

organic cane sugar is added and proofed down for bottling

The bunches were hand-harvested and fermented entirely whole-cluster in open-top stainless-steel fermenters

White grapes (Sauvignon blanc

This wine is made from 21 year old vines at the Bassi Vineyard

2022 Cabecas do Reguengo Respiro Clarete, Alentejo, Portugal Cotar This will need a coupleThe Respiro Clarete comes from 3 different centennial vineyards, each around 600 meters of altitude, and is a blend of roughly 10 different varieties, both red and white, with Alicante Bouschet, Grand Noir, Aragonez, Trincadeira, Tinta de Olho Branco, Castelo in red, and Boa de Alicante, Formosa Dourada, Mantedo, Arinto, Bical, Tamarez Prola making up most of the blend. The proportion of red grapes to white grapes is roughly . All the grapes are