Palpite Tinto Reserva
Fitapreta Vinhos
Fitapreta Vinhos
Palpite Reserva
Palpite is Fitapreta's top wine that they make every year. This year's blends alicante bouschet, aragonez, castelão trincadeira, with 12% other indigenous varieties, all grown on Alentejo's yellow schists and granites and from vines 20-50 years. After a native ferment this aged 18 months in French oak prior to bottling. Full bodied and muscular, with chewy cassis, dusky black plums, pipe tobacco working through the fleshy palate. Acidity is tart, and tannins are ample and dense, framing this through the peppery finish. One for grilled steaks now, or to settle for a couple of years.
"The 2021 Palpite Reserva is a blend of 35% Alicante Bouschet, 25% Aragonez, 17% Castelão, 11% Trincadeira and 12% others, all aged for 18 months in 20% new French oak. It comes in at 14.4% alcohol. Lighter styled, this doesn't show a lot of depth in terms of mouthfeel, but it is fresh and elegant this year, and it finishes with a burst of lovely fruit. Concentrated in flavors, leaning to red and black fruits, this is almost silky in texture and very graceful. The tannins are modest. Whether it can be something more than this with more development is an open question. It seems fairly ready to drink now—and pretty irresistible—but it will certainly improve over a year or two. It will need to prove its case for further plaudits, if it has one, in the cellar. There were 34,000 bottles produced. Drink 2023 - 2033.” - 90 points, Mark Squires, Wine Advocate, Jun 30, 2023
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Vintage: 2021
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Bottles per Case: 6
Price per Bottle: $46
Style: Still
Region: Alentejo
Appellation: VR Alentejo
Country: Portugal
Grape: Blend
Colour: Red
Vegan: No
Organic: No
Biodynamic: No
Natural: No
Low Intervention: Yes
Fitapreta Vinhos
Fitapreta Vinhos
Palpite Reserva
Palpite is Fitapreta's top wine that they make every year. This year's blends alicante bouschet, aragonez, castelão trincadeira, with 12% other indigenous varieties, all grown on Alentejo's yellow schists and granites and from vines 20-50 years. After a native ferment this aged 18 months in French oak prior to bottling. Full bodied and muscular, with chewy cassis, dusky black plums, pipe tobacco working through the fleshy palate. Acidity is tart, and tannins are ample and dense, framing this through the peppery finish. One for grilled steaks now, or to settle for a couple of years.
"The 2021 Palpite Reserva is a blend of 35% Alicante Bouschet, 25% Aragonez, 17% Castelão, 11% Trincadeira and 12% others, all aged for 18 months in 20% new French oak. It comes in at 14.4% alcohol. Lighter styled, this doesn't show a lot of depth in terms of mouthfeel, but it is fresh and elegant this year, and it finishes with a burst of lovely fruit. Concentrated in flavors, leaning to red and black fruits, this is almost silky in texture and very graceful. The tannins are modest. Whether it can be something more than this with more development is an open question. It seems fairly ready to drink now—and pretty irresistible—but it will certainly improve over a year or two. It will need to prove its case for further plaudits, if it has one, in the cellar. There were 34,000 bottles produced. Drink 2023 - 2033.” - 90 points, Mark Squires, Wine Advocate, Jun 30, 2023
Read more about Fitapreta Vinhos.
Vintage: 2021
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Bottles per Case: 6
Price per Bottle: $46
Style: Still
Region: Alentejo
Appellation: VR Alentejo
Country: Portugal
Grape: Blend
Colour: Red
Vegan: No
Organic: No
Biodynamic: No
Natural: No
Low Intervention: Yes
Fitapreta Vinhos
Fitapreta Vinhos
Palpite Reserva
Palpite is Fitapreta's top wine that they make every year. This year's blends alicante bouschet, aragonez, castelão trincadeira, with 12% other indigenous varieties, all grown on Alentejo's yellow schists and granites and from vines 20-50 years. After a native ferment this aged 18 months in French oak prior to bottling. Full bodied and muscular, with chewy cassis, dusky black plums, pipe tobacco working through the fleshy palate. Acidity is tart, and tannins are ample and dense, framing this through the peppery finish. One for grilled steaks now, or to settle for a couple of years.
"The 2021 Palpite Reserva is a blend of 35% Alicante Bouschet, 25% Aragonez, 17% Castelão, 11% Trincadeira and 12% others, all aged for 18 months in 20% new French oak. It comes in at 14.4% alcohol. Lighter styled, this doesn't show a lot of depth in terms of mouthfeel, but it is fresh and elegant this year, and it finishes with a burst of lovely fruit. Concentrated in flavors, leaning to red and black fruits, this is almost silky in texture and very graceful. The tannins are modest. Whether it can be something more than this with more development is an open question. It seems fairly ready to drink now—and pretty irresistible—but it will certainly improve over a year or two. It will need to prove its case for further plaudits, if it has one, in the cellar. There were 34,000 bottles produced. Drink 2023 - 2033.” - 90 points, Mark Squires, Wine Advocate, Jun 30, 2023
Read more about Fitapreta Vinhos.
Vintage: 2021
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Bottles per Case: 6
Price per Bottle: $46
Style: Still
Region: Alentejo
Appellation: VR Alentejo
Country: Portugal
Grape: Blend
Colour: Red
Vegan: No
Organic: No
Biodynamic: No
Natural: No
Low Intervention: Yes
