Textura da Estrela, Textura - 2020

Name: Textura da Estrela, Textura
Brand: Textura
SKU: 47249
Price: 34.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 47249 750mL

Texture is both the name of this winery, and this particular cuvée. A dry white blend of Encruzado, Bical, and Cerceal Branco, the vines are up to 60 years-old. Fermented in both used oak, and stainless steel, it was aged for 11 months on the lees in the same containers. Medium-bodied, with complex aromatics of citrus, white flowers, and almonds, this will pair well with clams amd chouriço.

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Color

White

Vintage

2020

Country

Portugal

Region

Dão

Producer

Textura

Grape Variety

Encruzado

Bical

Production Methods

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

60% Encruzado, 25% Bical and 15% Cerceal-Branco. 5 Words: Texture (hehe), Orchard, Salinity, Pith, Saint-Aubin-esque. Marcelo Araujo wants his wines to be about textures and feeling. Most importantly, how it makes us feel to drink them. Marcelo purposefully chose the Dão region because of its attractive combination of climate and geographic features offering optimal grape growing conditions. Nestled against Portugal’s tallest inland mountain region, the Serra da Estrela. Winemaking is directed by Luis Seabra, widely considered one of Portugal’s most influential viticulturists and winemakers. Only gently pressed juice is used to make this wine. It is fermented with indigenous yeasts in 2500 L foudre and cement tank. The wine is aged for 11 months “sur lie” without batonnage and another 10 months in stainless steel tanks.

- EA

Glossary

Bical

Don't get the wrong idea, but the other name for Bical is Borrado das Moscas, which can most politely be translated as "fly droppings." It's not based on the aroma or taste of this pleasant white Portuguese variety, however (it's most likely a reference to the grapes' small size, or the tiny specks on the grape skins). Bical is grown in Bairrada and Dao, and is often added to sparkling wine blends, though there are a few varietals out there too.

Encruzado

A white variety grown usually in the Dão region of Portugal, producing crisp, fragrant wines. It is often blended with other Portuguese grapes like Malvasia Fina and Bical.

Portugal

The Dão and the Douro are the most important regions as far as red Portuguese table wine is concerned. Douro wines tend to be a bit fuller and fleshier than their Dão counterparts, which are generally lighter and higher in acidity. Reds from both regions are dense, rustic, and well-balanced. They also show their terroir quite clearly, and represent a great alternative to the modern fruit-driven style. Vinho Verde is Portugal’s most famous white wine. Literally translated as "green wine," it...