LA ROSA DOURO WHITE WINE 750ML 12%

Description

GRAPE: Arinto, Gouveio, Rabigato, Viosinho, Alvarinho

COUNTRY: Portugal

750ML
12.5% ABV

The La Rosa white has a very perfumed nose with citric and floral aromas. On the palate the wine is quite full bodied, very soft and seductive. It is an intense wine, full of flavour without any excesses, very beautiful and balanced with a long, fresh finish at the end.

The terroir in the Douro is still largely unexplored and by making wines with, harmony and equilibrium from our vineyards, we try to enable the grapes to express themselves in the bottle. The La Rosa style is to make well defined wines without too much extraction, tannin or oak.

Grapes from old vines local to the region and often used for making into white port – Viosinho (45%), Rabigato (20%), Códega do Larinho (30%) and Gouveio. (5%).

Wine Spectator awarded this wine 90 points, describing it as "pineapple, mandarin orange, Bosc pear, pastry; rich and well sculpted."

"Grapes from old vines local to the region – 50% Codega, 25% Rabigato and 25% ViosÐinho. The wine was fermented in small stainless-steel vats, with some lots barrel-aged. Bottled in February 2022.
Still with a little bit of CO2 for freshness, though this had disappeared on the day after opening. More obviously scented than the Passagem 2021 just tasted, more floral even though there's still plenty of crisp, lively citrus fruit. On the palate, perfect balance between the slight creamy mealiness of what I imagine is the oak/lees influence and the vibrant citrus flavours, just very slightly scented, that scent lingering on the finish. A light and attractive grip in the texture brings another dimension. Drink to 2024.
16.5 points."
(Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com, September 2022)

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