2022 Quinta da Falorca Encruzado Reserva Blanco
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Region | |
Appellation | Dao (Appellation) |
Winery | |
Vintage | 2022 |
Grape | |
Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (13%) |
Drink window | 2024 - 2034 |
Description
The Encruzado Reserva Quinta da Falorca consists of 95% of the most beautiful white grape from the Daô - the Encruzado. This grape has the ability to maintain almost a perfect balance between sugars and acidity. It produces dry, fruity and aromatic wines and is one of Portugal's top white grape varieties. This grape has an extraordinary aging potential and we also see this with this white wine from Quinta da Falorca because this wine can remain in your cellar or wine refrigerator until 2033 without any problems. The wine has matured for 15% in new French oak and 85% in stainless steel and has a perfect alcohol percentage of 13%, which makes the wine elegant.
This is a fine Encruzado, persistent and focused, with good acidity and concentration. The oak here is supportive and not dominant, so it also retains its purity. This Branco from Portugal has developed beautiful aromas of roses, violets, but also of lemon and minerality. The richness is impressive and the great acidity always maintains a nice tension. The Encruzado Reserva is an impressive white wine with a great price/quality ratio.
The wine receives high ratings year after year. The Encruzados from Falorca from this very cool climate can age beautifully and they have recently started releasing older (beautiful) years (most recently 2015) which they have allowed to mature even longer in their cellars. Drinking from a large (burgundy) glass in his younger years. We will not deny that we also enjoy drinking the wines of Falorca. A very high level, elegance at its best and price-quality is excellent.
FACT: In the Tab: Appendix you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will send it to you automatically when you order this wine. The wine is stored in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you pick up the wine you will often receive a nice discount. You will see your discount immediately when you choose Collect in the Checkout page. We are almost next to the Rijksweg with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
Specifications
Type of Wine | White |
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Country | Portugal |
Region | Dao |
Appellation | Dao (Appellation) |
Winery | Quinta da Falorca |
Grape | Encruzado, Malvasia |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2022 |
Drinking as of | 2024 |
Drinking till | 2034 |
Alcohol % | 13 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 90 |
James Suckling rating | 90 |
Tasting Profiles | Aromatic, Dry, Fresh, Fruity, Aged on wood, Powerful, Spicy, Round, White fruit |
Drink moments | Barbecue, Borrelen, Cadeau!, Met vrienden, Open haard, Romantisch, Summer party, Terras, Voor alledag |
Wijnhuis
Located in Pindelos or Silgueiros, Quinta da Falorca is the reference model and top wine house from the Portuguese Dão. No volumes but only quality. It is therefore quite difficult to get a Quinta da Falorca and especially their high-end wines. This is due to a number of factors, namely:
- unprecedented fine wines
- made in very small quantities
- and still very affordable
Quinta da Falorca is one of the secret heroes of the international wine world: winegrowers such as the quality-striving Carlos Figueiredo, who values his native Dão and the local terroir, but also produces world-class wines. Among his wines, wine lovers will find the individuality that is often lost in times of increasing globalization of the wine taste: authentic, traditionally prepared wines with a radiant regional character, made from indigenous grape varieties in a limited edition.