2022 Folias de Baco 'Uivo' Curtido Branco Pet Nat, Douro, Portugal Caleb Leisure This is a quality Chardonnay

This is a quality Chardonnay wine of style and pedigree that is delicious now but has the capability of aging as well as any of its predecessors

Aged 14 - 18 months in oak cast

with racy fruits from the former and rocky tannins from the latter

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2022 Folias de Baco 'Uivo' Curtido Branco Pet Nat, Douro, Portugal Caleb Leisure This is a quality ChardonnayFrom 40 year old Moscatel Galego vines at 600 meters in the schist and granite soils of the Douros Cima Corgo. Grapes are hand harvested, then undergo 24 weeks of skin maceration in cement before spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts. Bottled mid fermentation using the ancestral method, with no additions, fining, or filtration. Lightly cloudy, energetic, and deeply rooted in site and method.