I had Chasing Harvest Douro DOC Vinho Branco 2012 at dinner on Saturday night:
http://www.chasingharvest.com/assets/ch ... o-2012.pdf
Excerpt:
WINEMAKER’S NOTES:
Unique portuguese varietals including Gouveio, Rabigato, and Viosinho were hand harvested by ourselves and carefully sorted back
at the
winery before being gently pressed. After 36 hours of cold settling the wine was racked to neutral white french oak barrels
and similar to our reds fermented naturally with indigenous yeasts. The wines remained in barrel resting on its lees for 11 month
s.
A select amount of barrel stirring was employed to enhance the texture of the wine and introduce complexity.
Again, our choices in winemaking have attempted to create a Douro white of elegance. A wine that features crisp acidity to balance
its
creamy texture and we were careful to not allow the use of oak barrels overpower the complexity of the aromatics.
