Quinta do Ameal ‘Escolha’ Loureiro 2017 Size::1 Bottle with perfectly integrated spirit and

with perfectly integrated spirit and a mouth coating texture

facing East it only sees the morning sun and planted on a steep block with the rows terraced

sourced from four highland vineyards around Haro and Villalba

Here the balance in the mouth is due to the perfectly complementary sandstone and volcano

To achieve this

Quinta do Ameal ‘Escolha’ Loureiro 2017 Size::1 Bottle with perfectly integrated spirit andEscolha' means selection; this is the very best, and most mature fruit (in terms of potential alcohol, and therefore vinosity) of the Ameal land. Extremely gentle pressing of the whole grapes preceeds a cold soak and then fermentation and ageing (with batonnage) in old Nevers oak barriques for 6 months (oak adds nothing to the wine except deep stabilisation of the wine's rich intensity). Escolha is bottled direct from cask with the lightest possible