Companhia dos Profetas e Vilões Listrão dos Profetas 2022

Porto santo & “Profetas”
The island of Porto Santo emerged 14 million years ago in the Atlantic Ocean, being geologically one of the oldest islands in the Portuguese archipelagos. It was also the ?rst to be discovered by Zarco in 1418. The ancients say it was here that the rippest grapes were harvested for the wine that made these islands famous. Today there are less than 14 hectars left, farmed by a group of resistants. In the neighbour island the people of Porto Santo are known as “Prophets”, an ancient nickname that has never made more sense when you see these old vineyards planted by the sea, close to the ground, protected from the ocean and the wind by “crochet” rock walls or by ingenious cane structures.

The grapes were hand-harvested and vini?ed for the ?rst time on the island of Porto Santo. Strict selection in the vineyard, with some vineyards harvested more than once, picking the ripest grapes ?rst and the remaining ones in a second harvest. Whole bunches were pressed directly into settling tanks, separting three fractions, without any use of SO2 until the end of fermentation, to allow for pre-oxi-dation of the must and a fuller spontaneous fermentation. The last fraction of the press, “o mosto da Corda”, was transferred to old Porto Santo wine barrels.
Aged 12 months in old barrels.

Golden yellow color, almost copper, very intense nose, caramelized salt, somewhere between a Madeira and a Jerez wine, unique and singular, with metalic, iodized and intense notes. Full-bodied, full on the palate, super concentrated with a lot of persistence.

Pairs well with rich, spicy and re?ned dishes, such as octopus stew, ?sh stew.