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The 2015 Primus Quinta da Pellada is a field blend, mostly Encruzado and Bical, with many other traditional grapes. It was aged for six months in well-used 400-liter French barrels (ranging from two to six years in age) and comes in at 13.2% alcohol... ...wonderful, serious and showing terrific finesse and persistence. There is just a hint or two of complexity now, but this has a long life left, probably longer than indicated. It can easily develop more. (July 2022)
A medium-to full-bodied, waxy white with aromas of chamomile, dried jasmine, salted lemon, apricot, quince and beeswax. Salty, mineral and full of character. Tangy and wild finish with lingering lemon rind and spice.
...ripe citrus, almost mandarin, and green fruit, spice, cedar...really cedary on the palate. Fabulous acidity and still really vibrant... Long, direct, salty, chewy, leesy finish.