LA GALAXIA
Grapes are handpicked and organic
This attractive rosé is a collaboration with Portuguese winemaker Alvaro Castro. Made from Dão natives Alfrocheiro, Jaen (Mencía) and Baga, it is fresh and lightly floral on the nose and balances fruit and a savouriness on the palate.
TYPE
Still-Rosé
COUNTRY
Portugal
GRAPE
Alfrocheiro blend
REGION
Dão
VINTAGE
2019
WINERY
Fento
£16.50
In stock
FLAVOURS & AROMAS
TASTE PROFILE
- Body medium
- Sweetness dry
- Tannin none
- Acidity high
- Alcohol 12.5%
Serve
8-10ºC
Decant
No
Cellar
Drink now
Vegetables
Pimientos de Padrón/Padrón peppers
Seafood
Portuguese style baked cod
White meat
Chicken with mango chutney
FENTO
The vines are grown at the bottom the Rías Baixas appellation, on the banks of the river Minho, which forms a natural border between Spain and its neighbour Portugal. The wines from this area are a bit rounder and are a bit fuller bodied with more stone fruit character. The bright, crisp freshness they bring is however very typical of Rias Biaxas.
At Fento they farm as respectfully to nature as possible, they let vegetation grow underneath the traditionally Pergola trained vines. The highly talented winemaker, Eulogio Pomares, manages to truly transfer the terroir into the bottle and this is seen in the brilliant background of minerality in all these excellent and very well priced wines.
