Casal da Eira White

For the second entry I present to you the white counterpart of the inaugural Casal da Eira. Like its ancestor 'bottled' in an easy to open carton.

Shows up the glass with a citric and pale yellow almost transparent 'water-colour' aspect. In the nose a quite fresh and intense lemon mixed with white fruit pulp. Really not bad in the nose given that we are appreciating it at 12ºC. A mere 2ºC above that temperature and the aromas start to go less enjoyable and more acidulate. I wonder how it goes on in the palate...

Here things get quite aggressive. One can feel some inicial citrous freshness but after that hint it all goes pretty much unbalaced and quite but quite quite acidulate. It holds up to 1/2 of tongue and leaves a fresh dangerously bordering the zesty aftertaste.

I think it holds up better in some clams!

In the side of the carton it says it has a citrous colour (checked), fresh (well if you take from the refrigerator it sure is) and fruity. In this last item I cannot be too sure but only if you taste it in the temperature interval between the 10º and 12ºC.

Thinking upon all the white wines I've tasted so far I could not grade anything above 5 for this wine. What saves it from a poorer review is the quite good nose profile below the 12º C or else it would be worse.