Product Overview
Winery's Notes
"Xisto Amarelo was born in 2017 from working with the same vineyard over 10 years, Amarelinha vineyard, characteristic from it’s yellow schist (xisto amarelo), planted in patamares in the beginning of the millennium, facing east and surrounded by forest, with Touriga Francesa as the major variety, along with a little of Tinta Amarela.
During the picking there is an extraordinary work of selection of grapes, so when arriving the winery there is no selection and the grapes are thrown into a concrete lagar, whole bunch, and foot stomped lightly. Fermentation is spontaneous with very low levels of sulfur and with temperature control. After 3 weeks on the skins the grapes are pressed and the wine goes directly to a 50yo German oak fuder, where malolactic happens and stays over one year then passed over for another year of aging in a concrete tank for natural stabilization."
Varietal Composition: Mostly Touriga Francesa, "a little" Tinta Amarela
Appellation: Douro DOC
Aging: 18+ months in German oak fuder
Production: 117 cases
Winemaker: Luis Candido da Silva Jr.
