Saroto Nat Cool

26.50

Ricardo Alves and Frederico Machado visited Bemposta for the first time together in 2017. They were on the Portuguese back roads in the Parque Natural das Arribas do Douro, with its wealth of ancient, indigenous and largely forgotten grapevines chaotically perched on the extreme slopes on the Douro river gorge, when they came upon the perfect location for their life project, the place to which they would commit their youth. They set out to rediscover and revitalize an ancient wine culture whose local home winegrowers have just barely kept the faint bloodline of their vinous history from extinction. Trás-os-Montes is a large, but not too well known, wine region of north eastern Portugal (Translation: behind the Mountains), is where the Arribas Wine Company are based and both are very passionate have been making some very interesting wines. Saroto Tinto is made from a small, old parcel of vines comprised of old-fashioned red and white Douro varieties. The resultant wine is full of wild forest fruit, lots of berries with a kick of natural sourness. Plenty of fresh acidity adds juiciness and balances the rustic, grippy tannins, making for quite a light red. Earthy minerality adds extra complexity and the finish is long and moreish. Its bottled unfined and unfiltered so may have natural sediment in the bottle.

Description

Tasting Notes from Pinto Wines

Colour Light Red colour as result of white wine
Nose Dark fruits, musty and lively
Palate  Packed with wild forest fruits and berries, with a subtle sour funk from the natural fermentation. Fresh juicy acidity balances grippy tannins

Fact Sheet

Size 75 cl
Grape Variety 85% Red and 15% White Grapes – field blend (Tinta Gorda, Tinta Serrana, Bastardo, Rufete, Alvarelhao, Alfrocheiro, Verdelho, Malvasia, Bastardo Branco)
Alcohol % 11.5%
Style NatCool Light with some leveled acidity crossing the red grapes or Funky with a classic twist
Estate/Producer Arribas Wine Company-Frederico Machado
Country Portugal
Region Tras-Dos-Montes North-East Of Douro
Vintage 2019
Vinification hand harvested into 20 kg cases over the third week of August. They were foot trodden in
a traditional lagar and macerated for 2 days allowing the juice to start fermenting
naturally with indigenous yeast and without temperature control (wild fermentation).
“Our interpretation of Niepoort´s NatCool initiative. 70% produced in a Stainless Steel tank and the rest in neutral barrel. 85% red varieties and 15% white. Maceration for 2 days, after it is pressed and one part goes to barrel and another to a stainless steel tank”
Closure Natural Cork
Cellaring/Ageing Potential Drink now with some ageing potential

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