Solar de Serrade · Monção e Melgaço, Portugal
Alvarinho Reserva 2024
Alvarinho from selected parcels in Monção e Melgaço, aged half in French oak and half in stainless steel, bottled a year after harvest. Dry, with body and mineral freshness.
- Category
- White wine
- Grape
- Alvarinho
- Vintage
- 2024
- Alcohol
- 12,5%
The Reserva is the Alvarinho Serrade gives oak, from parcels the producer selects for concentration of sugar and acidity. The must ferments with skin contact, and the wine is then split between stainless steel and French oak barriques, half in each, before being brought back together. Throughout, it rests on fine lees, and it is bottled only a year after harvest.
The producer describes it as straw-coloured with golden tones, with a rich, layered nose, mineral freshness and body on the palate. Dry, 7.0 g/l acidity. Serve at 10-12 °C.
Terroir and vinification
- Vinification
- Hand-picked, fermented with skin contact. Aged half in stainless steel, half in French oak, on fine lees with bâtonnage. Bottled one year after harvest.
Serving suggestions
- Fish
- Poultry
- Pork
- Cheese
About the producer
Solar de Serrade
A 17th-century manor in Mazedo, Monção e Melgaço, in Vinho Verde. Alvarinho, still and sparkling, picked by hand.
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