2022 Cabecas do Reguengo Respiro Clarete, Alentejo, Portugal Domaine Padié a vivid and perfumed florality

a vivid and perfumed florality and such great minerality

It’s close-planted

Aging is in 350L and 500L barrels (of which 5% are new ) for about 30% of the crop

The grapes for Sileo come from a number of organically-farmed vineyards around Cornudella de Montsant planted on calcareous clay soils

The owner and winemaker

2022 Cabecas do Reguengo Respiro Clarete, Alentejo, Portugal Domaine Padié a vivid and perfumed floralityThe Respiro Clarete comes from 3 different centennial vineyards, each around 600 meters of altitude, and is a blend of roughly 10 different varieties, both red and white, with Alicante Bouschet, Grand Noir, Aragonez, Trincadeira, Tinta de Olho Branco, Castelo in red, and Boa de Alicante, Formosa Dourada, Mantedo, Arinto, Bical, Tamarez Prola making up most of the blend. The proportion of red grapes to white grapes is roughly . All the grapes are