Quinta do Ameal ‘Escolha’ Loureiro 2017 Size::6 Bottle Case The fruit was gently crushed

The fruit was gently crushed and pressed in to refrigerated stainless steel tanks

with the perfume of the nose following through and beautifully integrated spicy tannins

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The wine finishes with a powderpuff and sherbet lift adding a pleasant full stop to its passage through the palate

Production techniques

Quinta do Ameal ‘Escolha’ Loureiro 2017 Size::6 Bottle Case The fruit was gently crushedEscolha' means selection; this is the very best, and most mature fruit (in terms of potential alcohol, and therefore vinosity) of the Ameal land. Extremely gentle pressing of the whole grapes preceeds a cold soak and then fermentation and ageing (with batonnage) in old Nevers oak barriques for 6 months (oak adds nothing to the wine except deep stabilisation of the wine's rich intensity). Escolha is bottled direct from cask with the lightest possible