Casa Relvas Art.Terra Amphora Tinto 2020 BFCM23FLASH this wine demands cellaring but

this wine demands cellaring but rewards patient collectors with complexity that defines the region's elite

From the producer: Hand made

They only began distilling their own grapes in the 1970s under Gaston Béraut

It's savory

aged 7-9 years

Casa Relvas Art.Terra Amphora Tinto 2020 BFCM23FLASH this wine demands cellaring butLong before concrete and steel, the winemakers of Portugal's Alentejo fermented their reds in giant clay pots called talha, a Roman era tradition that's still alive here. Casa Relvas leans right into it: this red is made from indigenous Moreto, Trincadeira and Aragonez, fermented on the skins in amphora with wild yeasts, then rested on its lees in clay. That old school vessel lends the wine a distinctive savory streak, think iodine, eucalyptus and