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Portugal | Lisboa | Adega Regional de Colares | Arenae Colares Malvasia

Arenae Colares Malvasia

VARIETALS
100% Malvasia

NOTES
FARMING: Organic

SOIL: Clay

VINEYARD: Colares – Sand over a deep clay bed. 50 meters from Atlantic Ocean.

VINIFICATION: 100% de-stemmed and given 6 hours of skin contact, wild yeast fermented and raised in steel vat for a year, then racked to a 100yr old Brazilian foudre for an additional 6 months of aging. A distinctive and mineral-laden wine that continues to improve over several years in the bottle.