Weingut über:
Listrão dos Profetas
-- Weingut: The island of Porto Santo emerged 14 million years ago in the Atlantic Ocean, being geolo- gically one of the oldest islands in the Portu- guese archipelagos. It was also the first to be discovered by Zarco in 1418. The ancients say it was here that the rippest grapes were harvested for the wine that made these islands famous. Today there are less than 14 hectars left, farmed by a group of resistants. In the neighbour island the people of Porto Santo are known as “Prophets”, an ancient nickname that has never made more sense when you see these old vineyards planted by the sea, close to the ground, protected from the ocean and the wind by “crochet” rock walls or by ingenious cane structures. The Listrão dos Profetas wine comes from these ancient vineyards that are over 80 years old, representing our first attempt in this unique terroir. Traditional low trellis vines, close to the ground, protected from strong winds by reed beds or crochet walls. Age of the vineyards is more than 80 years. Soil is clay-sandy limestone with a pH>8.5. The grapes were hand-harvested and vinified for the first time on the island of Porto Santo. Strict selection in the vineyard, with some vineyards harvested more than once, picking the ripest grapes first and the remaining ones in a second harvest. Whole bunches were pressed directly into settling tanks, separating three fractions, without any use of SO2 until the end of fermentation, to allow for pre-oxi- dation of the must and a fuller spontaneous fermentation. The musts fermented on lees, in horizontal stainless steel tanks of 250L to 1000L, and barrels of 228L where they remained for a total ageing of 11 months. Pale yellow color and an intense nose with saline, mineral notes of gunpowder and iodine. On the palate, it has a full-bodied and textu- red attack, with the aromas repeating in the retronasal. It exhibits superb persistence.
