Winemaker Notes
Brilliant intense yellow straw color with greenish rim, good viscosity. Very mineral nose with a certain smokiness due to the limestone soil. It has a distinguished fruity touch of pears (typical Bical) and slightly nutty character (hazelnut, almonds, pines). After some time in the glass it even reveals thyme and honey. The mouth is refined, creamy, relatively smooth and has present minerality, a kind of saltiness due to typical Atlantic climate. The wine is very broad in the mouth with an almost crunchy, nutty texture. The finish is voluptuous with very precise notes of preserved and ripe fruit.
A real food wine which will accompany a wide range of dishes. Just think about noble fish (seabass, turbot, brill, dover sole), lobster, king crab. All prepared as natural as possible (steamed, poached, grilled). Braised sweetbread, poached poultry and veal and pork fillet will do the job. A nice creamy cheese (Brie, Camembert, Serra da Estrela) can be a nice option too.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This pure bical shows aromas of pears with shy herbal and pine cone notes. The palate is elegant and subtly creamy with fresh acidity and austere minerality. Linear and focused, with a pleasant saline note. This comes from various vineyards planted, as its name suggests, in calcareous soil in the village of Ois do Bairro. Fermented and aged in 500-liter and 2,000-liter foudres. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter and Ecocert certification.
There are hundreds of white grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles.