Quinta do Montalto Cluricaun Skin
Country: Portugal
Region: Lisbon
Grapes: Siria, Fernão Pires
Vintage: 2023
Quinta do Montalto is an historic organic estate owned by the same family for five generations. The farm spans approximately fifty hectares and comprises vineyards, olive groves, orchards, and forests - forming a magnificent mosaic across the landscape not far from Lisbon.
The Cluricaun range is Montalto's natural/low intervention range and as the name suggests, this is a skin contact (orange) wine made from 90% Siria and 10% Fernão Pires that was macerated on skins in amphora for 2 months. Orange peel, quince, minerals and toasted nuts on the nose. Textured and lightly tannic on the palate, with a more quince and and an earthy quality from the amphora.