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This pretty pink-tinged sparkler is fresh and crisp with a gentle mousse and a palate that delivers crunchy little red fruits.

A blend of native Alvarelhao and Vinhao: – two complementary grapes, one elegant, the other irreverent. After a manual harvest, the grapes are given a brief two-hour maceration before being whole bunch pressed and co-fermented in stainless steel tanks. The wine is bottled at around 15 g of residual sugar, where it continues to ferment with sugar and natural yeasts and finishes normally at 2-4 g/l residual. Each year, of course, is slightly different. The wine is disgorged normally after around 5 months and according to demand (in order to keep the juice protected by the lees) and around 5 mg of sulphur is added after the racking.

Vinho Verde, Portugal

Sparkling Rose Wine

11% abv