Wine Concept

This wine challenges the classic profile of the best Alentejo wines. Its personality and complexity results from the climatic conditions, the selection of the best estate grapes and the creativity of our winemakers.

We defied the plastic artist Felipe Oliveira Baptista to illustrate this year’s label.

Awards

2014, Decanter World Wine Awards – Commended

2014, Tasted Journal – 88 points

Agriculture

Integrated Production (certificate)

Excellent year for white wines in this region. Cooler than average spring and summer temperatures resulted in wines with intensity, freshness and balance.

SOIL TYPE
Granite and schist stone with clay loam soil.

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES
17 years

Grape Varieties

Semillon

Vinification / Maturation

Whole bunch pressing following 24 hours in cold storage, cold settling, temperature controlled fermentation in new french oak barrels.

6 month ageing on lees with some stirring.

More Information

Private Selection Red:

Over time, we have been expanding the knowledge about our land in Alentejo. We have a better understanding of its potential and make the most of the uniqueness of the vineyards to produce fine wines, at nature’s pace.

That knowledge takes shape in Private Selection, through a combination of select parcels from the different territories, along with separate vinification and ageing, according to each variety’s profile. This is a full-bodied wine, with texture, intensity, and vitality, that reflects the diversity and richness of Esporão’s territories in Alentejo and, in exceptional years, results in Torre do Esporão.

Private Selection White:

Esporão Private Selection white was launched in 2001 under the name “Garrafeira”. The desire to make a distinctive white wine that would challenge the classic profile of the great wines of the Alentejo, led winemaker David Baverstock to bring the Sémillon grape variety from Australia to our Herdade dos Perdigões estate. This French origin grape variety is iconic in the Barrosa Valley region of Australia, where it grows in a climate similar to that of the Alentejo.

Planted in granitic soils, clayey and deep, the Palmeiras vineyard has adapted well to our soils and the Alentejo heat. It is from this vineyard that the Private Selection White was born.

Every year we invite a new artist to illustrate our labels, and every piece of artwork has its own individual story to tell.

Wine Makers

David Baverstock and Sandra Alves

Colour

Crystal clear, straw colour.

Aroma

Ripe citric and tropical fruit aromatics combining with complex white chocolate and toasty oak notes.

Palate

Well balanced palate which is both elegant and unctuous, long persistent finish.

Sizes

750 ml

Bottling

March 2013

Alcohol/Volume

14 %

Total Acidity

7.8 g/l

pH

3.1

Reducing Sugar / Baumé

2.4 g/l