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Código Encruzado Branco 2023 Dão DOC

Código Encruzado Branco 2023 Dão DOC

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Bottle Size 0.75 L
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Description

Bright straw yellow. Notes of apple, light white pepper, and herbal aromas, complemented by gentle roasted aromas. On the palate with linear and high acidity. The acidity is the foundation of this wine. Good balance with a delicate body and moderate alcohol content. Enormous length on the palate, which lingers persistently.

Profile

Type

White wine

Designation/Region

Dao

Bottling Year / Vintage

2024 / 2023

Grape Varieties

Encruzado

Alcohol

13,5% Vol.

Total acidity

4,99 g/L

pH Value

3,4

Vinification

First production of our vines in Póvoa das Quartas, in the vineyard of Senhor António. The few grapes were carefully tended and pressed directly.
Static clarification for 24 to 36 hours. Then the must was transferred to a used 225-liter French oak barrel. Fermentation in the barrel followed by aging on the full lees.
Despite the high acidity and low pH, malolactic fermentation occurred naturally.
In March 2024, the wine was racked and aged again in the barrel until the end of July 2024. Light filtration before bottling at the beginning of August 2024.

Soil

Granite-rich soils

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The Producer

Codego Wines

Codego Wines

Dao

Oenologist
Tiago Macena

Código Wine comes from the Serra da Estrela subregion in the Dão - one of the oldest and most independent wine regions in Portugal. Behind the project is oenologist Tiago Macena, who reinterprets the Dão's indigenous grape varieties: Encruzado, Bical, Uva Cão, Touriga Nacional - each bottle is an independent expression of the area, vinified in oak barrels and traditional clay amphoras.

The name says it all: Código – secret code. Macena decodes what the vines and terroir of the Serra da Estrela have to say. The result is wines with character and depth, far from uniform international tastes.

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