Primarily aged in new American oak and finished for 6 months in new Amburana barrels from Brazil
• Regular punchdowns at beginning of fermentation
a vivid and perfumed florality and such great minerality
Aging is in 350L and 500L barrels (of which 5% are new ) for about 30% of the crop
2022 Cabecas do Reguengo Respiro Clarete, Alentejo, Portugal Domaine Padié Primarily aged in new AmericanThe Respiro Clarete comes from 3 different centennial vineyards, each around 600 meters of altitude, and is a blend of roughly 10 different varieties, both red and white, with Alicante Bouschet, Grand Noir, Aragonez, Trincadeira, Tinta de Olho Branco, Castelo in red, and Boa de Alicante, Formosa Dourada, Mantedo, Arinto, Bical, Tamarez Prola making up most of the blend. The proportion of red grapes to white grapes is roughly . All the grapes are