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Minimum aging of 3 months on fine lees with regular bâtonnage.

Handpicked grapes into small boxes and carried to the winery in a short period of time. Total de-stemming. Short skin maceration. Medium cold clarification. Long fermentation at low temperatures: 14-18ºC.

Anselmo Mendes, recognized not only for the excellence of the wines he produces but for the surprising and consistent way in which he innovates. Combining the use of ancestral techniques, such as tanning, or winemaking methods such as Alvarinho fermentation in oak casks, it asserts itself in Portugal and abroad with an original project and its own identity.