April 15, 2022

QUINTA DA PELLADA “Primus” 2015

(Dao, Portugal) $32

Over-the-top snappiness gives this wine a super refreshing quality. Very zesty, citrusy, and mouthwatering. A field blend of 19 indigenous white Portuguese varieties. Fun and distinctive.

92 points KM

Available at Gary’s Marketplace

Retsina is a pungent, resin-flavored wine from Greece. Which of the following tree resins are used to create it?

A. Cypress

B. Pomegranate

C. Olive

D. Pine

To make retsina, small amounts of resin from the Aleppo pine tree are added to savatiano grape juice as it ferments. Retsina’s distinctive piney flavor with a turpentine-like aroma is delicious when paired with many Greek meze (small appetizers served like Spanish tapas). Resinated wines have a long history in Greece: traces of pine resin have been found in Greek wine amphorae dating back to the 13^th century B.C. Now, retsina is made all over the country, although most is made in Attica, the wine region that surrounds Athens.

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QUINTA DA PELLADA “Primus” 2015

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