Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Easygoing
Citrine and very delicately scented, almost enigmatic on the nose, soft and fresh in the mouth with the faintly sweet edge Bical carries.
Cuvées
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
Very citric and floral with a herbaceous edge and some minerality, then fresh and light in the mouth with balanced acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury
Thirty local varieties, none of them Touriga Nacional, fermented spontaneously and given two unoaked years in tank.
Pretexto Branco
4.0
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
The entry white from Gouveia, Encruzado with Bical, fermented and rested in tank: the producer calls it very pleasant, with the creaminess and complexity to sit at the table.
Pretexto Palhete
4.1
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Seventy percent Jaen and Alfrocheiro co-fermented with thirty percent Encruzado and Bical: spicier than its colour suggests, with discreet fruit and a green edge from the stems.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Three white Dão varieties from Santar: a fruity, delicate nose and a fresh palate whose exuberant finish sits on a lightly acid, smooth texture.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Five varieties co-fermented in one granite lagar and given eighteen unwooded months: mulberry and redcurrant with a cedar-leaf edge.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Ruby red, fruity on the nose and delicate in flavour, with soft, full, delicate tannins in good balance with the acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Garnet coloured, with elegant cherry and strawberry fruit well married to a spiced note from the wood, and tannins of great delicacy.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury
Skin-fermented Barcelo, unfined and unfiltered: ripe white plum with a fresh green edge, full and structured with a persistent mineral close.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Elegant
Varietal Jaen in ruby, intense and complex on the nose from blackberry and blueberry through Provençal herbs, fig, honey and cinnamon, then delicate and lively to taste.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
A concrete-vinified rosé from Tinta Roriz planted between 400 and 500 metres, made for aromatic clarity and physical persistence.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
The cool altitude of the Dão pushes Jaen towards succulence, blue fruit and white spice, with allspice lifting fine, coated tannins.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury
Concrete-raised varietal Jaen, bright and open in colour, with the stone-dust mineral character concrete gives, a light pepper note and long, precise acidity.