Casa Americo Branco

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Casa Américo **Wine**: Casa Américo Encruzado The wine Casa Américo Encruzado comes from a 40‑year‑old plot of Encruzado vines at Quinta do Aral. The vines are planted on granite soils at an altitude between 400 and 600 m, a location strongly influenced by the nearby 2,000‑m‑high mountain. **Vinification**: Gentle pressing. The must is naturally decanted for 48 hours at 10 °C. Sixty percent of the must ferments in stainless‑steel tanks at 18 °C, while forty percent ferments in new 450‑liter French oak barrels. After alcoholic fermentation, the wine undergoes fine‑lees stirring for eight months. **Stage**: The wine is first kept in stainless steel, then aged for six months in 450‑liter French oak barrels. **Enology**: Pedro Pereira. --- ### Awards * Gold Medal – “Melhores Vinhos do Dão” (Varietal Wines of the Dão), 2021 harvest * 17/20 – *Grandes Escolhas* magazine, 2021 harvest * Gold Medal – “Melhores Vinhos do Dão” (Varietal Wines of the Dão), 2019 harvest * 17/20 – Blind tasting of Encruzados in *Paixão pelo Vinho* magazine, 2019 harvest * 90/100 – *Wine Enthusiast* magazine, 2018 harvest * 92/100 – *Best Buy* in *Wine & Spirits* magazine, 2018 harvest * 89/100 – Robert Parker, *Wine Advocate* magazine, 2018 harvest * 88/100 – Roger Voss, *Wine Enthusiast + Info*, 2016 harvest * 88/100 – GS, *Wine Spectator* magazine, 2016 harvest * 89/100 – *Wine Enthusiast* magazine, 2016 harvest * Gold Medal – “Melhores Vinhos do Dão Engarrafados” (Bottled Wines of the Dão), 2014 harvest * Gold Medal – “Concurso Vinhos de Portugal”, 2016 --- ### Allergen Information Contains sulfites. **SKU**: 101404