Quinta do Romeu 'Atelier' Palhete 2023 (750ml)

The Atelier Palhete is Romeu’s tribute to the long tradition of making wine in Portugal where red grapes were often blended with white grapes for an easy style of drinking. This wine is a co-fermentation of 20% white grapes (mainly Gouveio, Arinto, and Rabigato) and 80% red grapes (mainly Tinta Barroca – and picked from the coolest spot in the vineyard near a stream and lots of trees), that is done in old granite lagars without any temperature control. After only 4 days, the wine went to a vertical press and then aged in stainless steel tanks over the winter for a gravity-led bottling without any fining or filtration. The resulting wine is low in extraction, low in alcohol, and wildly expressive and aromatic, meant for consuming easily and enjoying glass after glass. Rasberries, rose petals, and fresh thyme comes off on the nose, followed by a fresh and vivacious palate that leans toward red fruit and soft earthy spice, lively with acidity, and finishes with juicy freshness. In 1874, C