{"title":"Tiago Teles","description":"\u003cp\u003eTiago Teles arrived at winemaking by an unusually thoughtful route. He trained as a telecommunications engineer, spent years working in that field while tasting obsessively across Portugal, then turned to wine writing and eventually published a manifesto on natural wine and terroir. In 2012, he and his father planted a two-hectare plot in Bairrada, the region his family is from, and the first bottles followed from there. He has not looked back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTiago now works across three Portuguese appellations. In Bairrada, on clay-limestone and sandy soils, he produces his Gilda and Maria da Graca reds, built on Alfrocheiro, Castelao, and Tinta Barroca. In Lisboa, he collaborates on the COZ project with winemaker Antonio Marques da Cruz. In the Minho, at Arcos de Valdevez close to the Galician border, he produces Raiz from native Loureiro grapes, a macerated white of unusual tension and minerality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/tiago-teles\"\u003eTiago Teles producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"raiz-macerado-tiago-teles-natural-wine","title":"Tiago Teles Raiz Macerado 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaiz Macerado is a 100% Loureiro skin-contact wine from Tiago Teles's granite-soiled vineyards at Quinta da Cancela in Arcos de Valdevez, within the Lima subregion of the Vinho Verde DOC. Arcos de Valdevez sits roughly 70km north of Porto near the River Vez, where the Atlantic climate brings high rainfall and cool temperatures that preserve Loureiro's signature acidity. The vines are hand-harvested in mid-September.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the cellar, the whole-cluster grapes are not destemmed and spend approximately two days macerating before undergoing spontaneous fermentation in 1000-liter lagars with only indigenous yeasts for around 20 days. The wine then ages on fine lees for 10 months in 15-hectoliter raw concrete tanks. No fining, no filtration, no added enzymes or acidification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoureiro is an aromatic, high-acid variety whose name derives from the Portuguese word for laurel. In its conventional form it produces bright citrus and floral wines; extended skin contact here amplifies its textural weight, adds a saline grip, and deepens the aromatic register toward orange blossom, stone fruit, and a distinctive herbal edge. At 12.5% ABV it stays light on its feet despite the maceration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaiz Macerado is bottled under the Vinho de Portugal designation, unfined and unfiltered. It is produced with no additions beyond indigenous yeasts, following the low-intervention principles Teles has applied across all his labels since his first vintage in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tiago Teles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40320102367431,"sku":"TIAGRAIZ19C","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/tiago-teles-raiz-macerado-orange-portugal-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1630820405"},{"product_id":"cozs-pop-tiago-teles-natural-wine","title":"Tiago Teles COZ's Pop Orange 2020","description":"","brand":"Tiago Teles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40567732699335,"sku":"TIAGCOZP19C","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/coz-pop-blanco.jpg?v=1780723123"},{"product_id":"cozs-castelao-tiago-teles-natural-wine","title":"Tiago Teles COZ's Pop Castelao 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eCOZ's Pop is made from 100% Castelao sourced from Quinta da Murta in the Serra de Montejunto, a limestone mountain range approximately 8 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean in the Lisboa region. The vines are young, planted in clay-limestone soils, and farmed organically. The project name comes from Quinta dos Cozinheiros, the historic vineyard that Tiago Teles and António Marques-da-Cruz revived in 2015 in partnership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pop label is the lighter, fresher expression in the COZ's lineup. Grapes are whole-cluster fermented with native yeast, given just three days of skin maceration, then pressed and aged for 11 months in old French oak barrels. The wine is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfites. Malolactic fermentation is completed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the glass, the wine shows bright cranberry and sour cherry on the nose, with brown spice notes and a savory, mineral undercurrent. The palate is fresh, with soft tannins, lively acidity, and a long, clean finish. This is Castelao in its most approachable and Atlantic-driven form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tiago Teles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40567753736391,"sku":"TIAGCOZR19C","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/coz-pop-natural-wine.jpg?v=1780722409"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/tiago-teles.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}