Fitapreta O Iluminista Tinto 2024

Fitapreta O Iluminista Tinto is the house red here, an Alicante Bouschet-led blend of native Alentejo varieties grown above three hundred metres on schist and granite.

Pickers work through the night, bunches are graded on a table, and gravity carries the fruit down into the fermenter. Neither the alcoholic nor the malolactic ferment is kicked off with anything added, and the skins then macerate for roughly twenty days. Wide gaps between daytime and night-time temperatures, plus something close to 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, give the fruit its shape.

Dark plum and blackberry lead, dried herbs sit behind them, and the finish is rich and rounded with firm tannin. Give it 16–18°C and something substantial: grilled lamb, Alentejo black pork, or a slow-cooked beef stew.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.