Aphros Phaunus Pet Nat Brut 2020
- Region
- Portugal » Vinho
- Type
- white ancestral sparkling, brut
- Producer
- Vintage
- 2020
- Grapes
- Loureiro, Arinto
- Alcohol
- 11
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
The grapes are pressed in inox vats, where the juice ferments between 16 to 18ºC. The wine is bottled before fermentation finishes to trap the bubbles. And after 3 months, it is disgorged to deliver clean wine.
Ratings
This bubbly blend of Loureiro and Arinto has an attractive and promising bouquet of pear, apples, yeast, fresh asphalt and medicinal herbs. Yet it's less fascinating on the palate. Still, fresh, and juicy with a nice bitterness in the finish.
About Producer
Vasco Croft is the person behind Aphros. As a teen, he dreamed about becoming an astrologist, yet after some consideration, he decided to study architecture. But after discovering Steiner's philosophy, Vasco went to England to study pedagogy and sculpture, where he discovered an interest in woodworking and furniture design. It was enough for a few years until, in his thirties, he met a Buddhist monk. They shared a bottle of wine. For Vasco, it was a meeting with Dionysus himself. This encounter changed his life. As a result, in 2003, he started a wine project in Casal do Paço, a semi-abandoned property belonging to his family since the 17th century.