2018 Vale de Capucha Palhete Tinto

Region: Lisboa < Portugal Grapes: Arinto (white), Castelinho (red) Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic farming (SATIVA) with somebiodynamic practices, Kimmeridgian soils, fermented in stainlesssteel; bottled unfined/unfiltered with no added So2; zero-zero; 11.5%ABV Winemaker: Pedro Marques Young winemaker Pedro Marques was certified organic in 2012 and isestablishing a tradition of quality and purposeful winemaking in thisregion on the LIsbon coast (only 8 km from the Atlantic ocean), anarea mostly known for quantity, not quality. It's a cool growingclimate, thanks to the nearby Atlantic, so grapes struggle to get ripeenough and retain high acid, but Pedro has found a way to maketextural, juicy wines, with no trickery, just time on the lees, longfermentations and co-ferments. As a result, Vale da Capucha wine hasbecome known as one of the pioneers in Portugal's natural winesmovement, making super hands-off but squeaky clean wines - no funkhere.The light red/white co-ferment is