Aphros Phaunus Pet Nat Brut 2020
- Region
- Portugal » Vinho
- Type
- white ancestral sparkling, brut
- Producer
- Vintage
- 2020
- Grapes
- Loureiro, Arinto
- Alcohol
- 11
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
The grapes are pressed in inox vats, where the juice ferments between 16 to 18ºC. The wine is bottled before fermentation finishes to trap the bubbles. And after 3 months, it is disgorged to deliver clean wine.
Ratings
This bubbly blend of Loureiro and Arinto has an attractive and promising bouquet of pear, apples, yeast, fresh asphalt and medicinal herbs. Yet it's less fascinating on the palate. Still, fresh, and juicy with a nice bitterness in the finish.
About Producer
Vasco Croft is the mind behind Aphros. As a teenager, he dreamed of becoming an astrologer, but ended up studying architecture instead. That path shifted again when he discovered Rudolf Steiner's ideas - leading him to England, where he explored pedagogy and sculpture, eventually finding a rhythm in woodworking and furniture design.
It held his attention for a while. But in his thirties, he shared a bottle of wine with a Buddhist monk - and something clicked. For Vasco, it wasn't just a drink; it was an encounter with Dionysus. That moment rerouted everything.
In 2003, he returned to Casal do Paço, a semi-abandoned family estate dating back to the 17th century, and started making wine. Aphros was born.
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