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Vadio 'Perpetuum Desde 2007' Brut, Bairrada
Sparkling Wine from Portugal - Bairrada
An utterly delicious curiosity from Portugal's Bairrada region, famous for the quality of its sparkling. For many Portuguese, it is their very own Champagne. However, this is a particularly special wine from Luís and Eduarda of Vadio, in that it is made using a solera system, so produced from local grapes bical, cercial and baga which were first blended into barrel in 2007. Each year since, the latest vintage wine is added into the barrel and a percentage drawn off and bottled, meaning that this delicious and complex sparkling is a blend of vintages going back 18 years. It has a combination of toasty autolytic character on the nose, with a lovely saline, chalky and nutty quality, not dissimilar in some ways to crisp fino sherry. The palate combines the breadth of the mature wines in the blend, with a dart-like focus and freshness from the younger vintages. Incredibly moreish and wonderfully food friendly. In the Bairrada region sparkling wine is drink with suckling pig, but it would be equally good with creamy pastas, oysters or any number of dishes where acidity is perfect for cutting through fatty flavours.
Price:
£23.50
Bottle
(£31.33/litre)
Price:
£141.00
Case of 6
(£31.33/litre)
In Stock
Code: SG5191
Wine characteristics
- Sparkling Wine
- 2 - Dry
- 75cl
- Within five years of purchase
- 12.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Champagne cork
- 775 g (Empty bottle weight)
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
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