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SKU 938678
$23.18/bottle
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The ancestral sparkling 2022 Phaunus Pet Nat White has the ambition to be a serious quality sparkling wine, disgorged to avoid surprises when you open a bottle (I’ve seen bottles shooting out like hell), with fine bubbles and the acidity and freshness from the region. It’s a 50/50 blend of Arinto and Loureiro from their 16-year-old vines on granite soils at 100 meters above sea level. The varieties fermented separately, pressing the full clusters and then blended and put in bottle to finish fermenting. It has a bright, clean and pale color with some green tints, a clean nose with notes of waxy apples, yeasts and herbs and a light and fresh palate with very good balance, clean and precise, with tiny bubbles that give it texture. It has a moderate 10.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.15, seven grams of acidity and a bone-dry finish. 25,000 bottles produced. It was put in bottle in October 2022 and disgorged in July 2024.
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
Country
Portugal
Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.
Region
Vinho Verde
WA92pts
Wine Advocate
The ancestral sparkling 2022 Phaunus Pet Nat White has the ambition to be a serious quality sparkling wine, disgorged to avoid surprises when you open a bottle (I've seen bottles shooting out like hell), with fine bubbles and the acidity and freshness from the region. It's a 50/50 blend of Arinto and Loureiro from their 16-year-old vines on granite soils at 100 meters above sea level. The varieties fermented separately, pressing the full clusters and then blended and put in bottle to finish fermenting. It has a bright, clean and pale color with some green tints, a clean nose with notes of waxy apples, yeasts and herbs and a light and fresh palate with very good balance, clean and precise, with tiny bubbles that give it texture. It has a moderate 10.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.15, seven grams of acidity and a bone-dry finish. 25,000 bottles produced. It was put in bottle in October 2022 and disgorged in July 2024.
Winery Notes
This sparkling Loureiro has a floral nose with hints of stone fruits that lead to flavors of peach, pear and citrus on the palate.
![Aphros Loureiro [Amphora] "Phaunus"](https://www.saratogawine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/487767f-0-0.png "Aphros Loureiro [Amphora] \"Phaunus\"")
![Aphros Palhete [Amphora] "Phaunus"](https://www.saratogawine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/d55d82c-0-0.png "Aphros Palhete [Amphora] \"Phaunus\"")
