The story of Nuno is similar to the story of many young talented Portuguese oenologists with a vision and a dream. He belongs to the first generation in Portugal who have learned winemaking, the so-called oenology, and who see their country as a kind of playground. Salazar's dictatorship "frozen" the country for several decades, leading to national bankruptcy and eventual Troika control. But the Portuguese are fighters and freed themselves from this unsatisfactory situation on their own. When it comes to wine, the country has hardly specialized in the many internationally successful, mostly French grape varieties, but concentrates primarily on its own countless autochthonous grape varieties. In fact, Portugal has the largest selection of autochthonous grape varieties in the world. This is exactly what Nuno and his partner are interested in.

Together with João Corrêa he worked for several years as an oenologist for the Companhia das Quintas until one day he met João Soares from the Caves Messias. Together, the two decided to make a red wine from the Baga vine in Bairrada and that is how the project, or rather the Alías wine, was born. They then decided to make a white wine from the Encruzado vine in the Dão, the Druid. Both wines are so-called "Garage Wines", which are produced in very small quantities.

Manufacturer address: C2O Lda. Rua Professor Francisco Gentil, 16 - 4oE, 1600-236 Lisboa, Portugal

Vintage: 2017
Production area: Dão
Terroir: Granite with a fair amount of clay and medium-sized pebbles on the surface
Grape varieties: 50% Touriga Nacional, 30% Jaen, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Pinheira and Alfrocheiro
Aging: hand-picked, fermentation with our own yeast in open granite basins (Lagares), pressing by foot, aging for 20 months in Allier barriques (50% new, 50% used). Bottled in July 2015 and has been in the cool cellar in the Dão ever since.
Alcohol content: 13.5% vol.
Residual sugar: 1.4g/litre
pH: 3.58
Contains sulphites