Quinta da Mariposa Branco, Malvasia Fina, Dão DOC, Portugal, 2021
Malvasia Fina 40% / Cerceal Branco 30% / Encruzado 30% - 13% abv.
This wine is typical of the Dão region in Portugal, from a female winemaker who shows respect for her environment through all aspects of viticulture and her approach. She only uses local, native varieties, with minimal intervention during the vinification, demonstrating her unique understanding of the land, and the connection she has made to it.
This lemon-coloured wine has a nose of flora and citrus fruits. Lovely acidity on the palate combined with the characteristic minerality found in the Dão region, with a long and elegant finish.
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Malvasia Fina 40% / Cerceal Branco 30% / Encruzado 30% - 13% abv.
This wine is typical of the Dão region in Portugal, from a female winemaker who shows respect for her environment through all aspects of viticulture and her approach. She only uses local, native varieties, with minimal intervention during the vinification, demonstrating her unique understanding of the land, and the connection she has made to it.
This lemon-coloured wine has a nose of flora and citrus fruits. Lovely acidity on the palate combined with the characteristic minerality found in the Dão region, with a long and elegant finish.
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Malvasia Fina 40% / Cerceal Branco 30% / Encruzado 30% - 13% abv.
This wine is typical of the Dão region in Portugal, from a female winemaker who shows respect for her environment through all aspects of viticulture and her approach. She only uses local, native varieties, with minimal intervention during the vinification, demonstrating her unique understanding of the land, and the connection she has made to it.
This lemon-coloured wine has a nose of flora and citrus fruits. Lovely acidity on the palate combined with the characteristic minerality found in the Dão region, with a long and elegant finish.
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After working with some of the best wineries of the Dão region, oenologist Lúcia Freitas returned to her family estate in Terras de Senhorim to establish Quinta da Mariposa – a project that harmonizes her respect for tradition and her dream of making wines of extraordinary character from the region she knows so well. Together with her husband Filipe, plans are currently underway to convert the town’s local nightclub into a winery, serendipitously this is where the couple danced together when they were young.
Quinta da Mariposa practice sustainable agriculture so they can craft wine whilst also preserving the wine culture for future generations. They only use native varieties found in the Dão region, ensuring their crop is perfectly suited to the soil and the climate. Their estate is modest and everything is done by hand.
Produced with respect for the natural characteristics of the grapes, intervening as little as possible to obtain quality over quantity and wines that are true to their origins and terroir. The grapes were harvested manually into 20kg boxes, cooled before the crushing and immediately pressed. The resulting juice decanted in stainless steel vats, and then fermented in other stainless steel vat under temperature control with indigenous yeasts.