Quinta da Bacalhôa
During the 2012 harvest, the project to create a wine to celebrate the centenary of Bacalhôa Vinhos de Portugal in 2022 began. The challenge was great, we wanted a wine that would combine the highest level of personality, richness, elegance and a long bottle ageing capacity. The extraordinary quality of Quinta da Bacalhôa grapes in the 2015 harvest made us believe that we could produce a strong candidate. From a selection of grapes from this vintage a wine was made which after bottling was tasted annually. In March 2022 we confirmed what we had predicted and this was the selected wine. After a careful selection of the grapes, the elementary wines fermented in lagares at controlled temperature, followed by
followed by a 2-week ‘cuvaison’ period (post-fermentative skin maceration).
of 2 weeks. Finally, after the separation of the solid parts, they were aged for 24 months in totally new, 225 litre, extra-fine grain French oak barrels. The final blend was made – 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot.
Bottling took place in October 2017. Since then it has been aged in the cellars of the Quinta until its release in October 2022.
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 106556