Quinta da Azevedo Alvarinho Escolha 6 Bottle Case 75cl

Tasting Notes:

• This wine is bright yellow in colour. The nose is bursting with ripe stone fruit aromas of peach and apricot. The palate is fresh with ripe fruit flavours balanced with notes from oak ageing, providing creaminess and complexity. The finish is long and lingering.

Vintification

• The Alvarinho grapes were all hand harvested. Upon arrival at the winery, the fruit was fully destemmed and immediately cooled. The grapes were gently pressed at low temperatures to preserve the delicate aromatics, followed by a cold static decantation for three to five days (with the lees removed within the first 24 hours). Fermentation took place at controlled temperatures between 15-16°C. The wine was aged for six months on lees with frequent batonnage, with a portion (15%) aged in used French oak barrels. After bottling the wine was aged for a further 3 months prior to releae