Espera 'Nat Cool' Tinto
Alcobaça > Lisboa > Portugal
Castelão, 2022
Espera Castelão Nat’Cool is fresh in the nose with well-defined notes of cherry, and some spices. Elegant, intense and fresh on the palate, light, vibrant body, with a delightful finish. Limited availability, only 1450 numbered bottles produced. Which one will you get?
Nat’Cool is an innovative concept initiated by legendary Dirk Niepoort. Various producers from Portugal came together to create light and easy-to-drink wines. One litre bottle, enough to share. Clay & limestone soils.
Alcobaça > Lisboa > Portugal
Castelão, 2022
Espera Castelão Nat’Cool is fresh in the nose with well-defined notes of cherry, and some spices. Elegant, intense and fresh on the palate, light, vibrant body, with a delightful finish. Limited availability, only 1450 numbered bottles produced. Which one will you get?
Nat’Cool is an innovative concept initiated by legendary Dirk Niepoort. Various producers from Portugal came together to create light and easy-to-drink wines. One litre bottle, enough to share. Clay & limestone soils.
Alcobaça > Lisboa > Portugal
Castelão, 2022
Espera Castelão Nat’Cool is fresh in the nose with well-defined notes of cherry, and some spices. Elegant, intense and fresh on the palate, light, vibrant body, with a delightful finish. Limited availability, only 1450 numbered bottles produced. Which one will you get?
Nat’Cool is an innovative concept initiated by legendary Dirk Niepoort. Various producers from Portugal came together to create light and easy-to-drink wines. One litre bottle, enough to share. Clay & limestone soils.
Varietals: 100% Castelão
ABV: 12.5%
The Story: Espera Wines is a small, family-run project on just 3 hectares, located in the Alcobaça region of Lisbon, a historic area and with traditions that stem from the legacy left by the Cistercian monks. This wine expresses the typical freshness and minerality of this region’s wines, and also the main characteristics of the Castelão grape variety. Made with a fine selection of the best Castelão, the parcel has an eastern exposition and clay-limestone soils. The grapes are hand-harvested with a yield of 15kg cases and were destemmed with natural fermentation with indigenous yeasts in 1000Kg vats. After a short maceration (2 days), the wine finished fermentation and maturation in stainless steel vats.
Personality: NatCool is light ruby in color, with fresh notes on the nose, and mainly red fruits (sherry and pomegranate). It is fine, intense, and fresh on the palate, light-bodied, with a very pleasant finish.
Harmony: The Liter format suggests sharing this baby, a good BYOB to the beach or BBQ.