Alvarinho & Avesso
Intense color, almost golden.
On the nose shows pear, melon, and citrus, demonstrating later pineapple, passion fruit (lightly) and some notes of hazelnut.
Serious in the mouth, with a soft texture, freshness and some salinity.
Long finish.
Grapes: Alvarinho, Avesso
Harvest: 2023
Bottles: 1200
Colheita Selecionada
Citric color. Pronounced in the aroma, where it stands out lime and lemon, followed by notes of linden, prince herb and green apple.
Crispy in the mouth, faithful to the region’s profile in terms of lightness and freshness, but in a modern wine perspective with a good compromise between residual sugar and acidity.
Very slight effervescence, just to emphasize freshness.
Grapes: Loureiro, Arinto, Azal.
Harvest: 2023
Bottles: 600
Rosé
Pink wine with some intensity in the color. On the nose, aromas of sweet red fruit, like strawberry and currant, and floral notes of pink oleander.
Easy to drink and offers gastronomic aptitude thanks to the good acidity and body that is not too light.
Grapes: Espadeiro, Touriga Nacional.
Harvest: 2023
Bottles: 1200
Loureiro
Monovarietal of Loureiro grape.
Minimal Intervention Wine without added sulphites. Instead we used chestnut flower as a substitute – natural preservant.
Low-alcohol wine, with a very interesting nose that shows intensity. Very fresh in the mouth. Malolatic fermentation in the bottle.
Grapes: Loureiro
Harvest: 2022
Bottles: 4000
Reserva Branco
Dry wine, aromatic, with notes from the aging in french oak (14 months in a used barrel of 500 litres).
Bottled without the addition of CO2.
Good wine to store for a couple of years.
Grapes: Avesso.
Harvest: 2023
Bottles: 600
Trojan Horse
- Reserva Tinto
Red Vinho Verde aged 24 months in new and used French oak barrels and new American oak barrel. Bottled without addition of CO2.
Medium-body wine with soft tannins: oaky, earthy with lots of spices. As it starts to open you feel more of the dark fruits and dark chocolate.
If open now, the wine should be decanted, although not strictly necessary.
Wine that easily will age well and evolve for at least 10 years after the harvest date.
Grapes: Vinhão
Harvest: 2021
Bottles: 1200
Vinhão
Dry unoaked red Vinho Verde aged 14 months in stainless steel. No carbonation and with malolactic fermentation.
Grapes: Vinhão
Harvest: 2020
Bottles: 650
WANTED
- The Captain
WANTED by Sapateiro Boutique Winery is a series of wines that I decided to make that don’t necessarily represent the region where I am in.
The concept behind the labels is inspired by the old west WANTED posters, but instead of cowboys, this time we have a pirate crew stealing wines. Their treasures? Stealing wines.
Each person on the crew will have his own wine and label. For now, I am releasing the first two wines.
This wine in particular was a wine that I decided to make spontaneously on a Sunday. Usually, these grapes are harvested to be blended with our other reds, but in 2020, I decided to let them ripen a bit longer and harvest them separately.
The result is this wine: a monovarietal of Touriga Nacional grape variety, aged 16 months in a new oak french barrel and 8 months in the bottle, of which we only made around 250 bottles.
Grapes: Touriga Nacional
Harvest: 2020
Bottles: 287
WANTED
- The Gunner
WANTED by Sapateiro Boutique Winery is a series of wines that I decided to make that don’t necessarily represent the region where I am in.
The concept behind the labels is a pirate crew that steals wines – those are their treasures. Each person on the crew will have his own wine. For now, I am releasing the first two wines.
This wine in particular was a wine that I made with two newly planted varieties in our vineyard and with a little bit of my favourite from the region. The varieties are: Moscatel Galego, Gewurztraminer, and Avesso – this latter in particular was aged in oak, while the first two weren’t.
The result is this wine: an exuberant white wine, delicate and fresh, which we made 549 bottles.
Grapes: Moscatel Galego, Gewurztraminer, Avesso.
Harvest: 2021
Bottles: 549
Sapateiro - Sweet Wine
A sweet wine, not very concetrated but very aromatic made with Muscat, Gewurztraminer and Alvarinho.
Only 100 bottles of 500ml were produced, as this was an experiment.
Grapes: Moscatel Galego, Gewurztraminer & Alvarinho.
Harvest: 2022
Bottles: 100
Sapateiro - "Funky"
without sulfites
One of the first wines ever made with chestnut flower as a substitute of sulfites.
The wine is made with the variety Loureiro, inside the region of the Vinho Verde, but it cannot be sold as such due to it tasting very different from what the region expects.
The smell of the wine is very intriguing, resembling some IPA’s beers or ciders. But that’s on the nose, because on the mouth it feels like a wine.
If you are into natural wines or would like to try something outside of the box, this is it.
Grapes: Loureiro
Harvest: 2020
Bottles: 1300