José de Sousa Reserva Red
São João Lote Especial Red
Vinha do Jeremias Single Vineyard Red
Manual harvest in 15 kg boxes. Aging for 12 months in new American and French oak half barrels. The grapes are destemmed and carefully selected at the hand picking table. After crushing, they are trodden in marble vats with the traditional foot treading. It is transferred to a stainless steel vat where the alcoholic fermentation ends. This is followed by 12 days of post-fermentation maceration. A great aromatic concentration, highlighting mineral notes, spices and even some hints of dark chocolate and ripe fruit. It is a powerful, elegant and smooth red, with compact tannins and great final persistence. Contains sulfites.
Herdade do Peso Icone Red
Deep color, very complex aroma with still notes of some black fruit, like blackberries, but mainly of mint nuances, tobacco leaf and black pepper. In the mouth it presents an excellent structure and balance. Tannins present, but silky, of great quality. Very long and complex finish.
Contains Sulfites.
Herdade do Peso Grande Reserva Trinca Bolotas Red
Aging for 12 months in French oak barrels. The grapes were harvested at their optimum phenolic / aromatic ripening point. After destemming and gentle crushing, a 4-day pre-fermentative maceration was performed to increase its complexity. Fermented at 26ºC with gentle pumping over, preserving the fruit and extracting smooth tannins important for the balance of the final wine. Wine with an intense, complex and attractive aroma. A blend of aromas from the most fruity side to the most shrubby side. In the mouth it presents volume, very well integrated tannins and good acidity, which make it an extremely "greedy" wine. Contains sulfites.
Monte da Ravasqueira Encantado Red
Vinification of Syrah and Touriga Franca in open presses with automatic treading and high extraction work. Alicante Bouschet vinification in stainless steel vats at lower temperatures (26ºC). The aim is to extract the structure of Syrah, the sharp tannins of Touriga Franca and the freshness, exuberance of fruit and elegance of Alicante Bouschet. The batch spent 8 months in new French oak barrels. Encantado shows all the vitality of Touriga Franca that serves as a great base for this wine. The angular and present tannins, the ripe fruit in balance with the aromas of the forest it presents, make it a table companion. The barrel present, but without helping the one-dimensionality of the set, makes this wine a wine with layers that rise throughout the tasting. Contains sulfites.
DSF Coleção Privada Syrah Tannat Red
The grapes were fermented in a stainless steel mill at a temperature of 28º C for 10 days, being bottled after 8 months without being filtered or stabilized by the cold. No use of wood. Dark color, aroma of blueberries, violets, chocolate, dried dates, red cherry. Very fruity, smoky, balanced taste, good acidity, tannins present (due to Tannat) but smooth. Long end of test. Contains sulfites.
Dez Tostões Red
At 13 o'clock on January 19, 1919, the blue and white flag was unfurled, in a revolutionary act of reinstatement of the monarchy, previously abolished in 1910. Created for its restoration, the Tostões currency would make succession to the Kings. The duration of this regime was only 2 months once the revolution failed and the republic was reimplanted on February 23, 1919. A magnificent blend of the vineyards Alicante Bouschet, Aragonês, Touriga Nacional and Syrah. It is a balanced, full-bodied and persistent wine with a strong expressive character.
Contains Sulfites.
Quinta do Boição Grande Reserva Magnum Red
Total destemming, prolonged skin maceration and alcoholic fermentation at 82ºF. It aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. Light wine, with an intense garnet color, with complex nuances of ripe red fruits, wild fruit compotes, toasted notes and floral nuances. Fruity volume, well structured, exceptional and very vigorous. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta do Boição Grande Reserva Red
Total destemming, prolonged skin maceration and alcoholic fermentation at 82ºF. It aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. Light wine, with an intense garnet color, with complex nuances of ripe red fruits, wild fruit compotes, toasted notes and floral nuances. Fruity volume, well structured, exceptional and very vigorous. Contains Sulfites.
Blog Alicante Bouschet e Syrah 3L Red
In 2015 we enjoyed long and slow maturations that our older strains and our best plots have taken advantage of to provide grapes with an exemplary balance between acidity and tannins. The two grape varieties that benefited most with the exceptional goodness of nature were Syrah and Alicante Bouschet, providing grapes in perfect maturity. With raw material so good we prefer to work them little, letting the grapes speak for themselves. That's why we did little more than one walk on our wineries, according to the most traditional methods of the region, followed by a stage in new barrels and barrels of second year of French oak, letting the wine express itself in the purest form . Very fleshy red color. Tense and closed, concentrated and powerful, floral and fruity, it ends with some earthy notes that add complexity. Silky and velvety in texture, it is an intense and structured red, vigorous but not aggressive, complex and elegant, fresh finish and great guarding potential. Contains Sulfites.
Finca Dofi Red
Les Terrasses Red
Les Terrasses remains full of elegance and pure expression. Made with grapes from old vines of several small farms in the region controlled by the winery, all with traditional systems. The wine is aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. Aroma the cherry dark cherry attractive and bright. High layer and violet edges. Dense elegant teardrop. Intense, with fine fresh aromas and very expressive. After a good roast and smoked appearing next to creamy spices, it explores juicy red and black fruit on a colored background by important mineral freshness that gives the balsamic. The palate is envelope, silky, fresh and very tasty, of meat. Powerful, warm entry. Long and smooth travels. Expressive fruit with roasted spices well full of creaminess, good chocolate and elegant minerality form a set of feelings difficult to forget. Very good acidity. Rich tannins with time to integrate. Very long and persistent finish.
Contains Sulfites.
Monte da Ravasqueira Reserva da Família Red
Dense red and deep violet color. Nose of great elegance and complexity with notes of black fruit, integrated wood and spices. In the test, the same profile of elegance and greetings with fine, long and chewy tannins is revealed. Chocolate notes and mineral marked notes integrated with notes of barrel and earthy, liquorice and floral notes. Contains Sulfites.
Monte da Cal Saturno Reserva Red
Triunvirato nº7 Red
Grapes selected from the best plots of two properties of the Messias family – Douro and Bairrada. Manual individual harvesting, chosen berry by berry, followed by fermentation with indigenous flora in small presses without temperature control. Aging for 18 months in French oak barrels. Bright looking wine with an intense ruby color. At the moment the wine mainly reveals its beautiful youth. However, the complexity is already beginning to be revealed by the notes of spices and very fine black fruit. Mouth with enormous structure and powerful tannins, they give it a long and very pleasant finish. Contains sulfites.
Frei João Colheita Red
After manual harvesting, rigorous selection and total destemming, the grapes macerated for about a week in vats and presses with a pneumatic crusher at 27ºC. At the end of the malolactic fermentation, the wine matured for a long time in stainless steel and cement vessels. It was bottled after minimal clarification. Garnet color, complex aroma, with fruity, spicy, roasting and dry vegetable notes. Structured, fresh, full-bodied and long flavor. With tannins present but tamed. Contains sulfites.
Triunvirato nº6 Red
Very dense in color intensity. Nose austere, with mineral nuances, fresh vegetable and tar-like notes. Mouth with full palate, acidity that accompanies always the test and exquisite and prolonged finish. Store in a cool place with no thermal amplitudes. Portions of selected grapes between the three properties of the family Messias - Douro, Bairrada and Dão. Individual vintage manual, choose bago to bago, followed by fermentation in small mills without temperature control. Prolonged 24-month aging in French and American oak barrels. Stage in bottle since December 2010.
Contains Sulfites.
The Chocolate Block Red
The nose is dark and thoughtful and seduces with its aromas of black fruits and notes of pepper and spice. Blueberry and blackberry on the nose follow to a full, layered palate with flavors of dark plums and hints of powder, graphite and cocoa. The wine is focused and elegant, with freshness yet integrated acidity and fine tannins, adding to an exceptional structure. blackcurrant and milk chocolate remain in a silky finish. Contains sulfites.
Crasto Superior Syrah Red
The grapes, from our Quinta da Cabreira, in - Douro Superior, were transported in food plastic boxes and subjected to rigorous sorting at the entrance to the cellar. After a complete destemming and a slight crushing, the must was transferred to fermentation vats in stainless steel with controlled temperature. It aged in French oak barrels, where it remained for about 16 months. With a rich ruby color, with an excellent aromatic expression that surprises on the nose for the intense floral notes, well integrated with aromas of ripe wild fruits and fine spice. In the mouth it starts in a harmonious way, evolving into a wine of great seriousness, where we find a compact structure, with fine texture tannins. Finishes elegant and with excellent presence. Contains Sulfites.
