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Quinta do Pinto 2018 Arinto (Alenquer)
Arinto must be a candidate for most-underrated white variety, given its capacity for weight and aging. When we manned the Pinto table at a Portuguese trade event in San Francisco, this was the wine that turned everyone’s head. Few are the white wines of the world that combine concentration, texture, backbone and mineral length so well, all the while supporting effortlessly the influence of the barriques in which it was aged.
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Wine Specifics
WineWise Code | PQP-ARI18 |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Lisbon |
Color/Style | Red |
Farming Practices | Sustainable |
Varieties | 100% Arinto |
ABV | 14 |
Residual Sugar | <1.5 |
Acidity | 7.4 |
Closure | Natural Cork |
Case Size | 12x750 |
Pricing | Discountable |
Maceration | Careful management of vegetation to optimize the
aromatic potential of grapes. Manual harvest followed by Selection
of the best bunches at the entrance of the cellar.
Stemming and soft crushing, the must was clarified by natural
settling in refrigerated vats. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in
cement tanks with controlled temperature. 10% of the arinto
fermented and aged for 5 months in old french oak barrels to
enhance the complexity of the wine. |
Destemming | Yes |
Fermentation Vessel | concrete deposit |
Filtered | Yes |
Yeast | Indegenous |
Lees Contact/Stirring | lees contact |
Malolactic | No |
Added Sulfur | Yes |
Soil Type | clay, limestone |
Elevation (meters) | 155 |
Vine Age | 15 |
Yields (hl/ha) | 9 ton / he |
Picking | Hand-harvested |
Annual Production | 275 cases |
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