Peceguina Branco Maladinha 2024

Peceguina Branco Maladinha 2024 De facto organic white wine from Herdade de Maladinha in Alentejo although not currently certified the estate focuses heavily on sustainable viticulture, biodiversity, hand harvesting and careful vineyard management. The vines are grown on predominantly well drained schist soils encouraging deep root penetration  reducing vine vigour helping to produce highly concentrated grapes.

The wine is a blend of Arinto, Antao Vaz and a few other local grape varieties. After being. hand picked early in the morning and transported to the winery in small crates to minimise any microbiological spoilage, the grapes go through a careful sorting process are destemmed, crushed and undergo a gentle pressing to retain freshness. Fermentation is in stainless steel and then a further maturation of 9 months also in steel prior to bottling. The wine exudes a combination of citrus, stone and tropical fruits with some crisp minerality and a lovely long finish.

Paulo and Joao Soares started the Malhadinha winery in Alentejo back in 1998 with the first vintage in 2003.  Since then, the winery has gone from strength to strength and had since embraced organic, biodynamic, and regenerative practices across all their agricultural and livestock activities. This holistic approach imbues the wines with a true terroir expression and energy, re-enforcing Malhadinha’s status as one of Portugal’s top wine estates. 

The estate is now also a top holiday destination in its own right, boasting a luxury country house hotel with Michelin Green Star restaurant, an award-winning horse stud farm, and some of the region's finest black pigs and DOP Alentejano cattle.

Our range from Malhadinha, the Monte da Peceguina, meaning 'wines from the hills' are delicious, easy, precise and well balanced wines, full of fruits, texture and subtle complexity.  Three wines which are instant crowd pleasers.