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Ramilo

Ramilo

Ramilo

Sintra, Portugal


Winemaker Nuno Ramilo

Region Lisboa

Country Portugal

Soil Type Clay-Limestone & Sand

Main Varieties Castelão, Galego Dourado, Malvasia de Colares & Ramisco

Ramilo

Ramilo Family Wines are a fourth generation producer, now under the direction of Nuno Ramilo.

Nuno and his team have around 7 Ha of organically grown vineyards planted on the gentle slopes of the Lizandro Valley, north of Sintra. The varieties they grow are mostly local clones of indigenous varieties such as João de Santarém (Castelão), Arinto, Vital, Galego Dourado, Ramisco and Malvasia de Colares. With careful and measured winemaking using indigenous yeasts and traditional methods they seek vibrancy and varietal expression from these low-yielding vines on clay-limestone soils, with a definite Atlantic influence. Most of the bottlings are blends, un-fined and un-filtered. 

Ramilo also have 4 Ha of organically managed vineyards in DOC Colares, 5 miles closer to the ocean, planted with un-grafted Ramisco and Malvasia de Colares on the sandy cliff-top soils. Yields are incredibly low. They are the only private producer to vinify and bottle their own Colares wines 'in house', rather than having them made by the local co-op, as is traditionally the requirement. All Colares wines are made with the same care and approach back at the Ramilo winery. 

These are Atlantic wines through and through; tense, edgy, wild fruited, saline, intense, but so rewarding to drink. Nuno just gets better at how he shapes the wines giving them personality and identity.

www.ramilowines.com

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