2021 Luis Pato Vinha Julia Espumante, Beiras, Portugal Strekov 6-15 day ambient yeast fermentation

6-15 day ambient yeast fermentation with gentle infusion

The grapes were hand harvested on October 12th

The Corvées sous Curon is a special

followed by ~14 months in 350 L demi‑muid barrels (just 10% new oak)

2021 Luis Pato Vinha Julia Espumante, Beiras, Portugal Strekov 6-15 day ambient yeast fermentationA one time bottling made to commemorate the birth of Luis Patos granddaughter Julia in 2021. 100% Sercialinho coming from 60+ year old vines grown on sandy soils at the Quinta do Ribeirinho. Exclusively free run juice starts its fermentation in stainless steel tank, but is paused by chilling down the wine to near freezing temperature. The wine is then transferred to the bottle where fermentation continues until the yeast is killed by the density of