Antonio Madeira, Branco Dao, 2022 MNTLCNO0124 and unmistakably Northwest

and unmistakably Northwest

14th generation—the Amoreau family has operated this château continuously since 1610

steady growing season

not the easy glou-glou kind

and it shows here in the lift and balance

Antonio Madeira, Branco Dao, 2022 MNTLCNO0124 and unmistakably NorthwestAntnio Madeira fled Portugal as a child but returned to reclaim family vineyards in the Do, bringing French education and Portuguese roots to bear. His Branco is a precise, site driven white assembled from roughly 20 native varietiesBical, Ferno Pires, Arinto, Cercealgrown on granite soils in the foothills of Serra da Estrela. After malolactic fermentation and aging in stainless steel, the 2022 vintage displays ripe apricot, peach, and citrus