Mateus Nicolau de Almeida Eremitas Antão do Deserto

Traditional vineyard with free fermentation of whole bunches in the lagar, using carbonic fermentation. A light, old-fashioned, farmer's red wine.

This wine is a co-fermentation of 20% white grapes (mainly Gouveio, Arinto, and Rabigato) and 80% red grapes (mainly Tinta Barroca picked from the coolest spot in the vineyard near a stream and lots of trees), that is done in old granite lagars without any temperature control. After only 4 days, the wine went to a vertical press and then aged in stainless steel tanks over the winter for a gravity-led bottling without any fining or filtration. The resulting wine is low in extraction, low in alcohol, and wildly expressive and aromatic

Blanc de Noir sparkling wine from the Pinot Noir grape variety, produced using the Ancestral method, without added sugar or selected yeasts. Bottled in 2018 while still fermenting, aged in the bottle until dégorgement in November 2025.

From each vineyard plot, using different winemaking styles. Cercial from the Douro, Malvasia Fina, Gouveio, Verdelho, as well as some Chardonnay and Alvarinho, ferment freely in lagar and neutral barrels. Whole bunches in open vats, with partial maceration. Aged in neutral barrels on good lees. Minerality and salinity, great volume, good crema and freshness.