Casa da Passarella ‘A Descoberta’ Branco 2019

Casa da Passarella is located in the dramatic landscape of the Serra de Estrela, a granitic mountain range within the Dão region, Portugal. The climate here is continental with long sunny days and cool nights. That means optimal ripeness and freshness retention. And that’s what this wine is about.

Encruzado, malvasia fina and verdelho are given a brief skin contact before being pressed and co-fermented. The nose opens with white flowers, Santa Claus melon and apricot until the smell of wild herbs, moss and flint takes over. It has gained some weight after spending 6 months on lees without losing that crystalline purity. One only needs a couple of sips to start picturing rain water dripping on mountainous rocks. Brightness and purity are only reinstated with a cool minty finish.

Andrea Infimo

Born and raised in Naples, Italy, Andrea came to Australia in 2013 after graduating with an environmental science degree. While working as a waiter in between jobs, Andrea found he enjoyed hospitality much more than his previous career during a stint working at MoVida Sydney. After a short apprenticeship at 121 BC, Sydney’s ground-breaking gem for Lo-Fi Italian wines, and a few months with the Lotus Group, Andrea moved to Melbourne and reunited with Movida. He’s been curating the highly regarded Wine List at Movida Melbourne, including one of the country's finest Spanish selections, for the past 3 years while studying for the WSET diploma.