2022 Cabecas do Reguengo Respiro Clarete, Alentejo, Portugal Cotar The wine is then racked

The wine is then racked into a large 500L

The bunches were hand-harvested and fermented entirely whole-cluster in open-top stainless-steel fermenters

organic cane sugar is added and proofed down for bottling

White grapes (Sauvignon blanc

This will need a couple of years to reveal all its complexity

2022 Cabecas do Reguengo Respiro Clarete, Alentejo, Portugal Cotar The wine is then rackedThe 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