Buçaco Reservado Branco

Description

It is a complex, luxurious white wine with a dry, mineral profile. Open‑to‑aroma, it offers a gentle bouquet of nuts and vanilla, accented by citrus and tropical fruit notes, lightly touched with lemon‑zest nuances that give it a balanced citrus acidity. At the dawn of the 19th century, one of the most intriguing chapters of Portuguese wine began, with the launch of a wine that would become an icon, coveted yet deliberately kept off the limelight. Its creator, Alexandre de Almeida, brought together the concept of luxury hospitality, a cellar, and a proprietary wine, thereby producing the rare and historic Buçaco wines in the beautiful Palácio do Bussaco, in the mountains north of Coimbra. These wines have avoided modernist trends and boast a tremendous aging potential, capable of staying in the bottle for decades. (Illustrative image)