Abandonado comes from a vineyard to spend 80 years of age with multiple failures derived from a partial abandonment for several years. In an area of intense exposure and huge shale outcrops to the surface where not a single herb remains. The people of the Fifth quickly dubbed it "came from the Abandonado."
Abandonado comes from a vineyard to spend 80 years of age with multiple failures derived from a partial abandonment for several years. In an area of intense exposure and huge shale outcrops to the surface where not a single herb remains. The people of the Fifth quickly dubbed it "came from the Abandonado." For years they tried to recover the vines and replant missing vines. Until gave up. Despite all care only older strains were able to survive in such extreme conditions. In 2004 it was first isolated in the cellar of the Quinta da Gaivosa. immediately revealed a unique personality and character. It was bottled in honor of also only old vines of the Douro, one day disappear.