2025 Folias de Baco 'Uivo' Curtido Branco, Douro, Portugal Martissima and he has purposefully begun

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

then aged in stainless steel for 10 months

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

Vinified in a mix of tank and old oak

and above all shows an animating freshness

2025 Folias de Baco 'Uivo' Curtido Branco, Douro, Portugal Martissima and he has purposefully begunFrom +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