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Listrão dos Profetas Vinho da Corda
-- Weingut: The 'Vinho da Corda' (rope wine) was one of the ways that 'liqueur wines' were used in the past before the arrival of brandy in the mid-17th century. The vines previously planted by the sea were harvested when fully ripe, almost stale, allowing for a must naturally strong in alcohol. The technique consisted of crushing these grapes in a press, from which a first wine “Flor” came out, a lighter and fresher wine, but it was from the last pressing the so-called “Vinho da Corda” that the must was squeezed with more flavor and a golden and loaded appearance, so fashionable at the time. This “Vinho da Corda” comes from one of those sunny Porto Santo vineyards and shows the potential of this island for these natural oxidative wines. The grapes were harvested manually, on Saturday 14th August on the island of Porto Santo, chosen bucket by bucket and loaded onto a cold truck, for transport by boat to the island of Madeira (since it is not legal to make wine in Porto Santo). At 11 am, whole bunch press to decantation deposits inside a refrigerated container, with three pressing fractions being separated, without any use of SO2. The last fraction of the press, “o mosto da Corda”, was transferred to old wine barrels to ferment and age for 10 months. Golden yellow color, almost copper, very intense nose, caramelized salt, somewhere between a Madeira and a Jerez wine, unique and singular, with metalic, iodized and intense notes. Full-bodied, full on the palate, super concentrated with a lot of persistence.
