2019 Vitor Claro Domino Foxtrot

Product description

Grape(:s) Alicante Bouschet | Trincadeira

Region: Alentejo

Country: Portugal

Farming Practices: Organic

Producer: Vítor Claro was a force among Lisbon area chefs from 2010 to 2016, having restaurants in downtown Lisbon as well as Cascais. It was through a partnership with Dirk Niepoort that he gave Vitor a taste of winemaking life. Over time, Vitor came to crave the rigor and agricultural demands of winemaking more than the cuts and burns of the kitchen, and eventually, he gave himself completely to viticulture.

Tasting: Red fruits, fresh, and finely made. Easy drinking, well-structured with a mineral finish. Crushed whole bunches are macerated for five days before being pressed in stainless steel vats where fermentation with indigenous yeasts takes around two months. The wines are then aged for a year in old 228-liter French oak barrels, before being lightly filtered and bottled.