Tasting Notes
Wine Advocate 93+
I tasted the bottled 2023 DO Pico that I tasted unbottled last year. The wine has settled and is showing quite well: the reduction has disappeared and the wine is clean, precise and chiseled. It was produced with grapes from another zone, San Mateus, and not from Tito’s vineyards. In the south of the island, the vineyards are very close to the mountains, and the ripeness is more contained. The grapes ripen later, the sugar is lower and the acidity is higher. 2023 was a rainy year in the south of Pico, with more problems for Verdelho and Terrantez, but the grapes were picked earlier, and the wines are fresher. The Arinto balances things with a little more volume and mid-palate. It has contained ripeness and 12% alcohol (as stated on the label), a fresh and vibrant palate with stony minerality and a marine sensation in the finish
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2032
