Canada do Monte 2018 White

In Pico, vines have been planted for more than 500 years in the cracks of the volcanic rock, just a few meters from the sea, where you can hear the “crab singing”. After the devastating attack of phylloxera and powdery mildew in the 19th century, Man’s stubborn hand kept a small bag of vines that resisted extinction. This “Canada do Monte” is from one of those vineyards that resisted and became the guardian of the exclusive varieties of the Azores and witness to the traditional vines. Citrus-straw yellow color, aroma iodine, salt, linden. In the mouth, a dense, concentrated attack, acidity cuts in the middle and remains until the end of the tasting, salt, salt, salt and iodine, it is a “slap” of the sea. Produced from a 60 to 80 year old vineyard 580m from the sea, where Arinto dos Açores dominates, but there are also Verdelho, Boal (Malvasia Fina) and white Alicante (Boal de Alicante). Volcanic slab soils formed 1500-2000 years ago. Hand-picked, selection on a selection table, direct press, cold decanted for 12 hours, first presses vinified in stainless steel in horizontal vats (70%), 2nd presses fermented in 3-year-old French oak barrels (30%), without lipstick for 12 months. in horizontal vats (70%), 2nd presses fermented in 3-year-old French oak barrels (30%), without batonnage for 12 months