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Single-vineyard old-vine Alvarinho from the Paço plot at Quinta da Torre in Monção - 4.8 ha at around 75m elevation, north-south orientation, double Guyot, granite-derived soils with alluvial textures and fluvial terraces, vines around 25 years old. Hand-harvested in small boxes with strict bunch selection (only the most mature bunches go into this cuvee; the second pass-through is excluded), destemmed, gentle whole-berry press, long cold settling.

Fermented and aged nine months in new 400L oak with minimal toast (per importer copy; the producer's site is silent on cooperage origin), regular bâtonnage on gross lees, then about a year in bottle before release. 2020 was bottled in June 2022; production around 8,000 bottles (per importer). 13%.

2020 in Monção e Melgaço read balanced rather than overripe - cross-producer notes from the subzone cluster around vibrancy, granitic minerality, wet-stone salinity, light smokiness, and a long stony finish.