Single source · Portugal
Água Castello
Castello 3 captation, Pisões-Moura, Baixo-Alentejo
Carbonation addedA bicarbonate-calcium water from the Alentejo, gently acidic and modest in sodium. The bubble is loud, the mineral load quiet.
Mineral analysis
TDS640mg/L total dissolved solids
Sparkling, full-bodied, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium26 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica18 mg/L
clean fuel
Sodium31 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- brisk carbonation
- soft chalky minerality
- faint sour edge
Água Castello is a sparkling water from Portugal with 640 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 97 mg/L calcium, 26 mg/L magnesium and 31 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
A faintly sour edge · closest in profile to Perrier.
Type · The Bistro
Find it in: Full body
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Common questions
- What does Água Castello taste like?
- Água Castello is sparkling, full-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Bistro type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run brisk carbonation, soft chalky minerality and faint sour edge. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Água Castello good for you?
- Água Castello is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a moderately mineral water at 640 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 31 mg/L, over the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- What minerals are in Água Castello?
- Água Castello carries calcium 97, magnesium 26, sodium 31 and potassium 0.84 mg/L over bicarbonate 381, sulfate 18 and chloride 50 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 640 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 18 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Água Castello?
- Água Castello carries 31 mg/L of sodium. That is over the 20 mg/L line a low-sodium claim requires.
- Is Água Castello hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Água Castello works out to 347 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as very hard water. That is genuinely hard water, chalky on the tongue and quick to scale a kettle.
- Is Água Castello alkaline or acidic?
- No. Água Castello runs acidic at pH 5.4, which is normal for a sparkling water where dissolved carbon dioxide turns to carbonic acid, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Água Castello still or sparkling?
- Água Castello is a sparkling water. The carbonation is added at bottling.
- Where does Água Castello come from?
- Água Castello comes from Castello 3 captation, Pisões-Moura, Baixo-Alentejo in Portugal, a single source.