Notes from winemaker and importer: Hello, I’m Hugo Campos, known as Hugo of Ciclo or Hugo dos Vinhos. Although I have a degree in Graphic Design, I entered the wine world early. At first I worked with the largest national producers, then went down a vertical ladder through various smaller projects until, as I entered my forties, I also entered a new phase of my career. I found the essence of Alentejo low-intervention wines; wines made using ancestral methods and meant for drinking slowly while sharing stories and cultures.
When in 2020 the world stopped, it created the opportunity to reflect, to reinvent ourselves and to explore new ideas. From this context, an experience idealized some time ago was finally born. We secured a 1.5 hectare vineyard in the Estremoz area, and began to make wine with minimal intervention, free from conventional rules and methods, in order to mark this new cycle. A cycle that means a return to the basics, valuing simplicity, nature and the essence of wine in its wildest version.
Primeiro Maceração is skin-contact white from old, high-altitude vines, grapes harvested manually with indigenous yeasts undergoing skin maceration for 5 days without temperature control. The result is a fresh wine with aromas of stone fruits and notes of lychee, kiwi, pineapple, and some a touch of fresh herbs (sweet basil, mint). Bright, with low tannins and deliciously structured and textured. A wine for drinking slowly while sharing stories and cultures.
Pairs well with fish, grilled octopus, herb-roasted chicken and salty appetizers.
Region: Alentejo, Portugal
Grape: Arinto, Fernão Pires, Tamarez & Alicante Branco
Vintage: 2025
750 ml
Notes from winemaker and importer: Hello, I’m Hugo Campos, known as Hugo of Ciclo or Hugo dos Vinhos. Although I have a degree in Graphic Design, I entered the wine world early. At first I worked with the largest national producers, then went down a vertical ladder through various smaller projects until, as I entered my forties, I also entered a new phase of my career. I found the essence of Alentejo low-intervention wines; wines made using ancestral methods and meant for drinking slowly while sharing stories and cultures.
When in 2020 the world stopped, it created the opportunity to reflect, to reinvent ourselves and to explore new ideas. From this context, an experience idealized some time ago was finally born. We secured a 1.5 hectare vineyard in the Estremoz area, and began to make wine with minimal intervention, free from conventional rules and methods, in order to mark this new cycle. A cycle that means a return to the basics, valuing simplicity, nature and the essence of wine in its wildest version.
Primeiro Maceração is skin-contact white from old, high-altitude vines, grapes harvested manually with indigenous yeasts undergoing skin maceration for 5 days without temperature control. The result is a fresh wine with aromas of stone fruits and notes of lychee, kiwi, pineapple, and some a touch of fresh herbs (sweet basil, mint). Bright, with low tannins and deliciously structured and textured. A wine for drinking slowly while sharing stories and cultures.
Pairs well with fish, grilled octopus, herb-roasted chicken and salty appetizers.
Region: Alentejo, Portugal
Grape: Arinto, Fernão Pires, Tamarez & Alicante Branco
Vintage: 2025
750 ml
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