Soalheiro Espumante Bruto Barrica ferments and ages in used oak barrels for 12 months before the second fermentation. This step will give the sparkling wine a more evolutionary and intense aroma character, as well as a wider and more persistent mouth texture. Remaining in the cellar, at a low and constant temperature for 36 months, allowed this sparkling wine to show all the elegance of the Alvarinho grape variety from a perspective of greater complexity and less fruit.