You can drink this now or cellar it for up to 5 years. It is a gastronomic wine that goes well with food especially fish, seafood, white meat or strong cheeses such as São Jorge from the Ilhas of the Azores.
On the nose, very delicate and subtle where the mineral component dominates together with white fruit and floral impressions. On the palate, the wine is elegant, full of energy and complexity. Despite its richness and complexity, it is the wine’s fresh structure that stands out as being the most obvious characteristic of this wine. Its excellent acidity gives the wine great length and a wonderfully clean finish.
The wine was fermented and matured in French oak barrels for six months. Once bottled the wine was cellared for a further 18 months before being launched onto the market. Bottled in May 2016.
This is the first time we have launched a “Top of the Range” white wine. We decided to name it after Tim Bergqvist, who decided to ‘relaunch’ Quinta de la Rosa onto the market with his daughter, Sophia, in 1988. The label was drawn by Mark Weaver, Sophia’s son and one of Tim’s grandsons.