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DECANT SF WILL BE CLOSED FOR A PRIVATE EVENT THE EVENING OF SATURDAY, MARCH 8th.
An inspired young duo producing some of Portugal's most exciting new exports from the northwest part of the country.
- WINEMAKERS: Ricardo Alves and Frederico Machado
- FARMING: Organic
- VARIETIES: 50 year old vines. Field blend, including Verdelho, Malvasia, Posto Branco, Bastardo Branco.
- TERROIR: Located just a few kilometers west of Portugal's border with Spain, Trás-os-Montes in a hilly appellation that sits along the Douro river. Soils are mostly granite, quartz and clay.
- VINIFICATION/AGING: Hand-harvested on September 8th. Foot trodden, 3 days of skin maceration, then pressed and racked into used french barrels. Kept in barrel on lees for 7 months during indigenous yeast fermentation. Completes malolactic fermentation.
- TASTING NOTES: Fresh and delightful, this crisp wine pairs along with nearly anything on the table, from potato chips and anchovies, to roasted chicken or pastas.
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Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homelands of the Ramaytush Ohlone (the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula) and the Wappo & Miwok (the original inhabitants of Napa County).