Folias de Baco Uivo Renegado 2020
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| Management number | 253563157 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$11.60 | Model Number | 253563157 | ||
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Uivo Renegado is a field blend of more than 25 indigenous varieties, roughly 50% red and 50% white, grown on 80-plus-year-old vines across 2 hectares of schist and granite in the Cima Corgo sub-region of the Douro DOC, near Sanfins do Douro at elevations between 500 and 700 meters. Red varieties in the blend include Rufete, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca, Mourisco, Tinta Roriz, and Tinto Cão; white varieties include Gouveio, Rabigato, Donzelinho Branco, Malvasia Fina, and Viosinho, among others. All grapes are hand-harvested separately in September and sorted in the vineyard.
In the cellar, whole clusters macerate for three days before spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts in 1000-liter granite lagars lasting roughly three weeks. The wine then spends six months on lees with batonnage every two weeks, but only during the early stages of aging. Aging splits between 5% in 2-3 year old chestnut oak barrels (225L) and the remainder in cement. The wine is not fined or filtered, with minimal sulfur added only at bottling.
The result is a light-bodied, bone-dry red that sits somewhere between a structured rosé and a pale red. The high-elevation sites and co-fermentation with white grapes pull the wine toward freshness and acidity rather than weight. At 11.5% ABV, it is a wine built for the table rather than the cellar, best served with a slight chill.
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