Capitão-mor Late Harvest

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Grape varieties

Alvarinho

Oenology

Rui Cunha

Alcohol

15,5%

Aging potencial

50 years

Vinification

Fermentation took place together with part of the skins (mainly raisins) for almost a month in an old 300-liter French oak barrels. Fermentation occured naturally with the transformation of the sugar into alcohol, followed by 4 years in barrels for 4 years. The wine was bottled in November 2022 without filtration and aged in the bottle for 1 year until its release.

Capitão-mor Late Harvest

2018

Overripe grapes wine IVV

Intense gold colour with a clear and thick appearance. Aroma of ripe stone fruit dehydrated and honey and iodized. Complex and intense flavour of fruit dehydrated, caramel, dried fruits, some tannin, moderate sweetness and a fresh finish.

Made from grapes dehydrated vineyard and partially with botrytis Botrytis cinerea, harvested in the last week of November.