Verbum Arinto 2022

9 months maceration

Penhó Wines

Winemaker: Suborta Unipessoal Lda.
Region: Minho, Celorico de Basto
Soil: Granite and schist
Vineyards age: 16 years old
Grape varieties: Arinto
Production: 1200 bottles

Fermentation: in granite lagar
Aging:  9 months of skin maceration in stainless steel and 6 months in used French oak barrels
Alcohol: 11%
SO2 Total : 16 mg/l 

Manual harvest in the second week of September. Foot treading and spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in a granite lagar, followed by 9 months of skin maceration in stainless steel and 6 months of refinement in used French oak barrels. All movement of the must and wine is done manually. No addition of enological products, except for small amounts of sulfur. Not stabilized, filtered, or fined.