Urç 2024

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A co-ferment of 15+ native varieties from a single century-old vineyard — red and white grapes together on granite at 2,500ft. Light on its feet, quietly complex, and from a place most people have never heard of.

Tinta Gorda, Malvasia, Bastardo Preta, Bastardo Branco, Verdelho, Russo, Tinta Fina, Tinta Bruñal and others • Trás-os-Montes • Concrete • 1,203 bottles

Same village, same winemaker, different vineyard. The Urç comes from a single 1.1-hectare plot of century-old mixed vines on granite soils at 2,500ft in the Planalto Mirandês — higher and more granitic than the clay plots of the Ciste Branco. More than 15 native varieties, 50% red, 50% white, all destemmed and co-fermented together in concrete, pressed at the end of fermentation. 10 months in concrete before bottling unfined and unfiltered. 1,203 bottles of 75cl and 791 of 1.5L.

The tradition of co-fermenting red and white grapes from mixed plantings is almost gone everywhere else in Europe. In Uva it never left.

Tasting Notes
Aroma: red and dark fruit, wild mountain herbs, granite mineral note
Palate: fresh, lively, with surprising structure for something this light-looking
Texture: light to medium, earthy, precise
Finish: long, mineral, and gently complex

Serve lightly chilled.

Country: Portugal 
Region: Trás-os-Montes / Planalto Mirandês
Colour: Red
Grape: Tinta Gorda, Malvasia, Bastardo Preta, Bastardo Branco, Verdelho, and others
Bottle size: 75cl / 150cl
Year: 2024

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