The nose is pungent and spicy with nuances of white pepper, yellow apples, lemons and light yeastiness. The palate demonstrates a strong acid spine. The wine is very young and slightly austere. It needs more time to balance and integrate the acidity.
(Single Vineyard wine) The nose is fresh, crisp, beautifully racy and offers some salinity and power. There are notes of bright white peach, racy minerality/flint and more lightly berry fruit combined with fine citrus hints. The palate is fruity, balanced and reveals freshness, definition, salinity, juiciness, acidity and some crunchiness. On the palate this wine…
The nose is fruity, fresh, precise and offers a nice elegant grain as well as a certain finesse. There are notes of fresh strawberry, fresh/crunchy berries and more lightly of violet combined with fine touches of cocoa, cardamom and a discreet hint of vanilla and fresh saffron (floral side). The palate is fruity, balanced and…
The concept of Astronaut Wines and the idea of Anhibal Couthino, Portuguese Oenologist, is to put forward emblematic grape varietals of different regions, representing not only the place it comes from, but the actual winemaking culture of a region. This Arinto based wine is crispy and light with a bright acidity and minerality. Typical, classic,…
The nose is fruity, fresh and fine. It reveals notes of crushed blueberry, cassis and slight notes of crushed/fresh strawberry associated with notes of spices, chocolate/cacao as well as a very discreet hint of violet and Sichuan pepper (in the background). The palate is fruity, gourmande, elegant and offers a slight juiciness as well as…
The nose is fruity and offers a slight richness as well as a slight minerality. It reveals notes of flat peach, brugnon and lemon associated with a hint of mandarin as well as discreet hints of vanilla and toasted. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a slight acid frame, unctuosity, fat, a good definition,…
The nose is fruity, aromatic and offers elegance. It reveals notes of flowers, rose/lily pistil and litchi associated with subtle hints of exotic fruits and citrus (mandarin, pink grapefruit). The palate is fruity, well-balanced, a bit aerial and offers fat, unctuosity, tension, a good definition as well as a slight acid frame. In the mouth…
The nose reveals slight notes of white fruits (apple, hint of white peach) associated with slight touches of vanilla as well as a discreet hint of toasted/buttered as well as an imperceptible hint of fresh lemon (in the background). The palate is fruity, well-balanced, fresh, mineral, elegant, well-defined and offers a slight tension. In the…
The nose is fruity, racy and offers straightness as well as minerality. It reveals notes of flint and slight notes of white fruits associated with hints of fresh citrus zests. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers an acid frame, a beautiful fat, a slight unctuosity, tension, straightness, freshness as well as a very slight…
The nose is fruity and racy. It reveals notes of green lemon and litchi associated with a discreet hint of lemon/fresh apple. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a beautiful acid frame, tension, minerality, freshness, a certain straightness as well as a slight aerial side. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of green…