Alcohol: 13%
Grape(s): 80% Jaén (a.k.a. Mencía), 10% Tinta Roriz (a.k.a. Tempranillo), 5% Alfrocheiro, 5% Touriga Nacional
Localization: Dão, Portugal
Tasting Notes: Aromas of blackberries and anise, and tastes of plums and black cherries.
Notes: The majority of the lot is destemmed, although there is always whole cluster co-fermentation with particular lots. Native fermentation in stainless steel and foot-tred lagar. 7-28 days skin soak, the wine is pressed, and placed into cement tank and neutral barrel 6 months.
Food pairing: Drink this boisterous, spicy red with braised pork tacos or the classic Portuguese dish of grilled, crispy sardines drizzled in olive oil.
The Domain: Natalia Jessa is on the forefront of becoming the new face of Portuguese wines and one of the hardest working people around. Having relocated to Portugal for love from Poland via Ireland to Oporto, Natalia Jessa has really taken grasp of what is virtually an underserved market for inexpensive and incredibly delicious Portuguese wine.
She says it herself in the most adorable broken Portu/Polish English accent: “Drink it, don’t overthink it.” And these wines over deliver in a BIG way.
Having been a buyer at one of England's top food and wine markets, Tesco, for years where she studied wine through WSET, when she arrived to live in Portugal, Natalia developed her own distribution company to fulfill the needs of her various employers and clients over the years.
She quickly recognized an opportunity to collaborate with some of the country’s best vintners to bottle lovely expressions from wineries in each region, using only local varieties. Natalia leverages long standing relationships and vineyard knowledge in each region where she orchestrates the entire production in conjunction with a “winemaker on the ground”.
Each local expert friend helps Natalia source the most organic grapes from the best soils for each native grape variety within each region. These wines are very unique and true to place.
All of these wines named themselves. After releasing their bouquets, Natalia chose floral names and elegant designs to represent how the wines express themselves aromatically. She knows - she’s one of the best blind tasters around.
Gota means ‘Drop’ - within each drop of wine, Gota binds authentic Portuguese grapes, flavors, traditional, locality, pleasure and fun!
