Quinta da Gaivosa Branco 2024
⚡︎ 25,825€ 16.00
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ProducerAlves de Sousa
RegionDouro
GrapesMalvasia Fina (35%), Rabigato (35%), Gouveio (30%)
Ageing30% 8 months in used French oak, 70% stainless steel
Alcohol13.5%vol
| Producer | Alves de Sousa |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Malvasia Fina (35%), Rabigato (35%), Gouveio (30%) |
| Ageing | 30% 8 months in used French oak, 70% stainless steel |
| Alcohol | 13.5%vol |
| Serving | 10°C Store at 12°C |
Gaivosa Branco: orange blossom, peach and fresh tea leaves, fresh and mineral.
Tasting note
Bright pale yellow. A complex, elegant nose of orange blossom, peach and fresh tea leaves. Good volume on the palate, yet very fresh, mineral and complex.
The story
The grapes come from vines over 20 years old. 30% of the wine aged for 8 months in three- and four-year-old French oak barrels, 70% in stainless steel.
Quinta da Gaivosa lies in the Baixo Corgo, on the right bank of the Corgo, not far from Vila Real. It is the family’s home base, with old vineyards where dozens of varieties grow together. The winery, designed by architect Belém Lima, has won several architecture and wine tourism awards.
Food pairing
Ideal with salmon, cod and squid, but also chicken and turkey.
The producer
Winemaking is a family tradition for Domingos Alves de Sousa: his father Edmundo and his grandfather Domingos were already Douro winegrowers. Trained as a civil engineer, in 1987 he devoted himself fully to the quintas he had inherited. For years he supplied grapes to big houses such as Casa Ferreirinha and Borges. After the crisis of the late 1980s and the disastrous 1988 harvest, he decided to make and bottle his own wine. He built a winery at Quinta da Gaivosa and in 1992 released his first wine, the Quinta do Vale da Raposa Branco 1991.
Revista de Vinhos named him Producer of the Year in 1999 and 2006: he was the first ever to win the title twice. Since 2002 his son Tiago, who holds a doctorate in viticulture, has been the winemaker. The family uses only grapes from its own six quintas: Gaivosa, Vale da Raposa, Caldas, Estação, Aveleira and Oliveirinha.
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