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Quinta das Marias 'Out of the Bottle' Crudus
Quinta das Marias 'Out of the Bottle' Crudus
White | Dão | 2020 | 12.6%
Scintillating from the off, with a tightly wound, flinty (reductive) nose and palate and spicy oak (still integrating), it puts me in mind of Burgundy. With rapier-like acidity, this ultra-long Encruzado is fine and persistent, with ripe lemon, steely grapefruit, al dente white peach and salty minerality – a touch crushed of oyster shell – which I picked up in the regular Encruzado cuvée from 2019 too. It really cleaves to the palate, remaining precise, with ‘pingy’ tension on day two, the salty minerality pronounced.
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Scintillating from the off, with a tightly wound, flinty (reductive) nose and palate and spicy oak (still integrating), it puts one in mind of Burgundy. With rapier-like acidity, this ultra-long Encruzado is fine and persistent, with ripe lemon, steely grapefruit, al dente white peach and salty minerality – a touch crushed of oyster shell. It really cleaves to the palate, remaining precise, with ‘pingy’ tension, the salty minerality pronounced.
Grape Varieties
Grape Varieties
100% Encruzado
Wine Making
Wine Making
his 100% Encruzado hails from Quinta das Marias’ oldest vines, planted in 1990. The handpicked grapes underwent further selection in the winery. After a short period of skin contact, the grapes were pressed, then naturally fermented in French and Austrian 400 litre barrels for 34 days. The resulting wine aged for 20 months on light lees and was bottled unfiltered and unfined.
Serving Recommendations
Serving Recommendations
Serve cold 10 -12°C
Food Pairing
Food Pairing
White fish, oysters, arroz de lavagante (Lobster rice)
