Conceito Douro branco - Rita Marques

Contains sulphites

Rita Marques Ferreira is one of the currently most highly traded winemakers of the new generation from the Douro Valley. Their wines regularly receive very high ratings from international wine critics.
Rita's family has been growing wine in the upper Douro for several generations. Their vineyards cover a total of around 85 hectares at an average altitude of 500m above sea level.
The vineyards are cared for without the use of chemicals and in a very natural way. Everything is still done manually. Rita, who incidentally learned her trade in Bordeaux and then worked as a "Flying Winemaker" in New Zealand and South Africa, sells parts of her harvest to other wineries. She only keeps the best for her own wines and uses them to produce fine and elegant wines with lots of freshness and minerality. Everything is well thought out because Rita has a concept. Hence the name: Conceito.

Manufacturer: CONCEITO VINHOS, LDA. – Lg. Madalena, 10 – 5155-022 Cedovim – VN Foz Côa, Douro, Portugal

Vintage: 2017
Grape Varieties: Field blend of at least 10 different traditional Douro vines, including Rabigato, Códega do Larinho, Códega, Gouveio, Donzelinho Branco, Folgazão, Arinto.
Alcohol: 13% vol.
Acid: 6.6 g/l
pH: 3.02
Residual sweetness: 1.1 g/l
Vinification: Manual harvest, chilling of the grapes, no destemming, soft pneumatic pressing. Cold filtration only, fermentation in French barriques at a controlled temperature with regular batônnages for up to a month before bottling in June 2018. Aging for 10 months in used barriques with regular batônnages.