{"title":"Antonio Pereira","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinho Verde is famous for crisp, youthful whites. Antonio Pereira does almost the opposite, working a rare red grape with red flesh and aging the wine for years before release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePereira farms in Amarante, in the Vinho Verde region of northern Portugal, where his vineyards sit on the banks of the Tamega river. His focus is Tinta Nacional, an indigenous and increasingly scarce red variety, bottled under the name Tinto Bom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/antonio-pereira-biodynamic-tinta-nacional-from-vinho-verde\"\u003eAntonio Pereira producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tinto-bom-antonio-pereira-tinta-nacional-portugal-natural-wine","title":"Antonio Pereira Tinto Bom 2017","description":"\u003cp\u003eTinto Bom is a 100% Tinta Nacional — the local Amarante name for Vinhão — from António Pereira's two vineyards, Baseira and Freixo, on the banks of the Tâmega River in Amarante, Vinho Verde. The vines grow at 80–150 meters elevation on granitic soils. The 8-hectare estate is certified organic through Sativa and was in conversion to Demeter biodynamic certification at the time of this vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, foot-stomped, and fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine is then aged in stainless steel for approximately three years before release — an unusually long élevage for the region. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a wine that looks the part of a serious red — dark, inky, and deeply pigmented — but behaves like classic Vinho Verde on the palate: light-bodied, high in acidity, with a barely-there spritz. Flavors run toward blackberry, earth, bitter chocolate tannins, and a green-stemmy lift. At 12.5% ABV, it drinks well slightly chilled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed Vinho Verde is a minority style that was historically common in the region until export demand shifted production almost entirely to white. This wine is one of the few serious examples reaching the U.S. market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antonio Pereira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32105043689565,"sku":"TINTOBOM17C","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/antonio-pereira-tinto-bom-vinho-verde-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1630817395"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/antonio-pereira.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}