Arribas Saroto Tinto, Tras-os-Montes 2019
Portugal
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DESCRIPTION
A light, fresh and juicy Portuguese natural red from a pair of up and coming young winemakers.
The lowdown:
Trás-os-Montes is a large, but not too well known, wine region of north eastern Portugal. The go-ahead pair Frederico Machades and Ricardo Alves who are the Arribas Wine Company are passionate about the old field blend vineyards to be found in this part of the world and have, over the last few years, been making some very interesting wines from them. 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.
When to drink:
Bright, tangy and moreish this is great very slightly chilled eithe by itself or with pizza and pasta dishes.
Suitable for Vegans, Organic
PRODUCER
Arribas Wine Company
Working out of what is, literally, a little garage, Frederico Machado and Ricardo Alves have a real passion for their homeland. They are realising the potential of somewhat forgotten, old vineyards of the highland areas of Tras-os -Montes, North of the Douro valley, near the border with Spain. Restoring these old plots, which are often old field blends of ancient, indigenous grape varieties, they use what little is produced to make wine in a very simple and old-fashioned way. Due to the terrain they have to harvest everything by hand, they foot-tread their grapes in lagares, they let fermentations happen spontaneously, without temperature control, they do not fine or filter their wines, and they add as little sulphites as are need to just stabilise the wines. The resultant small volumes of wine are nonetheless spectacular. They truly represent their terroir and the best it can give. Some may call it natural, we call it authentic.
DETAILS
| Categories | Wine / Red Wine / Fresh, Juicy Reds |
| Country | Portugal |
| Grape Variety | |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Volume | 75cl |
| ABV | 11.5% |
| Organic/Biodynamic | Practising Organic |
| Low Sulphites | Yes |
| Vegan/Vegetarian | Vegan |
| SKU | AR1V19RN |
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