Cortes de Cima Cortes de Cima Branco 2022
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Cortes de Cima Branco 2022
Alentejo, Portugal
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Description
After years of study and international experience — including a degree from the “Harvard of viticulture and enology,” the University of Adelaide, and stages with top producers in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, and Stéphane Ogier in Côte-Rotie — “Anna of the world” returned to Portugal with a mission: to reveal a new and vibrant vision of the Alentejo.
From her bold experiments, spanning from 700m-high vineyards in the Serra de São Mamede to the sea-level sands of the Atlantic coast, comes this white full of energy and refinement. Organic farming, precise viticulture, and a true sense of terroir breathe life into this vertical and dramatic wine.
A surprising and sophisticated white that defies expectations. With pronounced salinity, vibrant acidity, and a subtle reductive edge, it calls to mind the Jura and the French low-intervention school. Complexity arrives with precision and purity — a white that perfectly reflects the tension between Atlantic freshness and inland Alentejo sun.
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Viticulture & Vinification
• Organic and regenerative farming
• Manual night harvest, refrigerated transport
• Alvarinho and Sauvignon Blanc from cool, sandy coastal soils
• 50% destemmed with 3-day skin maceration
• 50% whole-bunch slow press
• Native yeast fermentation
• 10 months aging in 2,000L oval Austrian oak foudre on full lees
• Further 8 months in stainless steel on fine lees
• No fining or filtration
• Total SO₂: 26 mg/L
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Grapes & Technical Data
• 90% Alvarinho, 10% Sauvignon Blanc
• ABV: 12%
• Limited production
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Scores & Recognition
17.5/20 — Jancis Robinson
“A brilliant example of how skin contact can build complexity in a white without overwhelming the fruit. Full of presence, structure, and freshness.”
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Suggested Pairings
Ideal with shellfish, aged goat cheese, wild mushroom risottos, or vegetable dishes with acidity and herbs.
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