2025 Folias de Baco 'Uivo' Curtido Branco, Douro, Portugal Martissima Varieties: 80% Mencía

Varieties: 80% Mencía

the wine was pressed off the skins and went back into the fiberglass tank for malo and aging

and he has purposefully begun harvesting it a bit earlier the past few vintages to counterbalance the intense richness this site tends to engender

The wine then spends about 20 months aging in big neutral wooden casks

Vineyards: Bad Gams

2025 Folias de Baco 'Uivo' Curtido Branco, Douro, Portugal Martissima Varieties: 80% MencíaFrom +35 year old vines planted to 2 hectares of schist and granite soil blend. Hand harvested in September, undergoes vigorous vineyard sorting, partially de stemmed but not pressed and allowed to macerate for four months. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in cement tanks (5000L) with ambient yeasts and lasts roughly three weeks under temperature control. The wine spends approximately two months on the lees after pressing with no stirring. Aged in