Espumante Sidónio de Sousa Special Cuvée Branco 2018

Grape Varieties: Bical 30%, Maria Gomes 30%, Arinto 40%.

Tasting Notes: Young, fresh, slightly golden in color, fruity with an elegant aroma of apple and nuts, very fine and velvety bubble that dissolves in the mouth, firm acidity and a dry finish, with a high gastronomic sense.

Gastronomy: Starters, seafood, grilled fish, light and fresh food.

Vinification: The grapes are unloaded into the membrane press, where the tear must is extracted without pressing. The must is cooled for 24 hours, decanted and transferred to a stainless steel tank where it will ferment, with temperature control.

Ageing: After fermentation, the wine decants naturally in the tank, being cleaned at the end of the year, when it prepares to bottle the sparkling wine, with free yeasts. The bottles of sparkling wine go to the cellar to carry out the 2nd fermentation in a bottle at a controlled temperature and absence of light. After fermentation, the bottles are kept in the cellar, in a stage until the regrinding and degorgement is carried out without adding sugar, at which point the product is ready for commercialization.

Winemaker: Paulo Sousa