Quinta de San Michel Skin Contact Branco Curtimenta 2023

Name: Quinta de San Michel Skin Contact Branco Curtimenta 2023
Brand: Source [SCE]
SKU: SF-1-SCE--082126-90
Price: 69.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$69⁹⁹

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Curtimenta is simply the Portuguese word for skin maceration — what the rest of the world now calls orange wine — and on this coast it is an old habit rather than a recent fashion. Malvasia de Colares and Arinto sit on their skins for fifteen days before pressing, then spend twelve months in four-year-old French and Hungarian barrels, which is a serious elevage by orange-wine standards. The fruit comes from a hectare planted in 2013 at Janas, above Sintra, on a south-facing slope at 200 meters of calcareous clay over Jurassic limestone. Fifteen days is a measured maceration rather than an extreme one, so this comes out clean and structured, with the grip and weight of a light red instead of the cloudy, cidery character orange wine sometimes gets tagged with. Serve it at cellar temperature in a proper glass and treat it like a red at the table.

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More about Quinta de San Michel

Leave the trendy wine bars of Lisbon – the hippest capital in Europe – and head west, and you will come across the vineyards of Quinta de San Michel. But you might think you have taken a wrong turn and ended up at the beach. In the tiny, historic appellation of Colares, the vines do not grow on tidy rows on slopes of clay or limestone. They crawl across deep sand dunes, battered by the salty winds of the Atlantic Ocean.

It is one of the most extreme terroirs in the world, and it produces one of Portugal's most singular white wines: Malvasia de Colares.

This is not the sweet, simple Malvasia you might know from other parts of the Mediterranean. Grown here, in the sand and sea spray, the grape transforms into something fierce, mineral, and profoundly savory. These are wines that don't just pair with seafood; they taste like the ocean itself.

Wine Details

Grape Variety

White Blend
Vintage

2023
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Organic
Style

Minerally
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast pork, chicken with paprika and garlic, grilled sardines, aged sheep's cheese, or a spiced Moroccan tagine.

Tasting Profile

Apricot pith, dried orange peel, tea leaf and spice. Dry and medium-bodied, with firm skin tannin, real grip and fresh acidity. Savory, mineral finish with a faint salty edge.