VALE DE LOBOS RESERVA WHITE

TYPE: White wine

CLASSIFICATION: Regional Tejo Reserva

VARIETIES: Sauvignon blanc, Verdelho, Chardonnay  and Gewurztraminer

TYPE OF SOIL:Calcarious —clay

CLIMATE: Dry Mediterranean

WINEMAKING: From grapes harvested by hand, we set up a pre-fermentation maceration during 16h. Fermented with selected yeasts at controlled temperature. Part of the lot was fermented in French oak barrels of  225 liter. There was battonage with fine lees.

TASTING:  Citric colour with some greenish highlights, this wine shows some tropical aroma of pineapple, mango and lychee. It has a medium body, and it is soft, round and fresh, with some persistence and aftertaste.

Perfect with soft cheese, fois gras, roasted fish and smoked salmon, makes also a good pairing with some desserts such as apple pie and fruit tarts.

Best drunk at 8° C.

ALCOHOL:  13% vol.