Carlos Lucas Carlos Rodrigues Red
Manual harvest. Total destemming. Fermentation in open barrel at low temperatures. Decantation for new and used 225L French oak barrels for 18 months. 12 months of aging in bottle before going to the market. Winemakers choose their favorite barrel to create the blend that best characterizes them. Concentrated ruby color. Complex aroma, with notes of spices and black fruit, pepper, vanilla and chocolate. Full-bodied, expressing the classic style of Dão wines. Noble tannins, good texture with great balance. Long, structured and deep finish. It will age beautifully in a bottle. Contains sulfites.
Quinta da Alameda Pinot Noir Red
Palácio dos Távoras Alicante Bouschet Magnum Red
Palácio dos Távoras Alicante Bouschet Red
Adega de Borba Reserva 3x Red
With grapes from the most typical Alentejo grape varieties produced in the sub-region of Borba, the label Cortiça wine was produced, a true ex-libris from the Adega de Borba. Coming from old vines, the grapes had a strict control in the evolution of the maturation, having been harvested in small quantities. In the Cellar, after the destemming and soft crushing of the grape, the alcoholic fermentation began, which lasted for about 10-15 days with the temperature controlled at 24ºC, for greater extraction of the aromas and fruity flavors of the grape. In order to increase the polyphenolic complexity, the tannins and the structure of the wine, it remained in the vat in a post-fermentative maceration process. The malolactic fermentation occurred later in stainless steel containers. To enhance and elevate its organoleptic characteristics, the wine aged 12 months in 3rd and 4th year barrels, French oak and exotic wood barrels. followed by a six-month bottling stage in the basement. Aroma fine and elegant, suggesting black fruits, compote and white chocolate. Contains Sulfites.
Noel Perdigão Red
Mãos Signature Rudolfo Miranda White
The Cerceal variety rarely used in mono-varieties, as it is not considered sufficiently complete for this purpose, challenged the younger brother and winemaker Rudolfo Miranda. Since the beginning of winemaking, with a certainty of success, acidity and freshness are its greatest asset and in their aromas the fruit is second to none. Contains Sulfites.
Mãos Tinta Roriz Red
Manual harvest with choice in the vineyard in 20 kg boxes. Selection on a choice table. Gravity filling, controlled temperature fermentations. Concentrated ruby violet color, predominant woody aroma with floral notes, it is a wine that highlights the elegance brought by the freshness of the lands at altitude. In the mouth, robust and persistence. Contains Sulfites.
Mariposa Reserva Magnum Red
The grapes were harvested manually into small boxes of 20 kg, with selection in the vineyard. The composition of the blend varies with the production of each variety in the vineyard. After total destemming, the grapes go to a traditional granite mill, where they macerate for about 48 hours, with temperature control. Fermentation is slow, under controlled temperature, and pumping over is done by foot treading. This wine ages for 1 year in used 225 and 500L French oak barrels. It presents a deep ruby color, with lilac hints. Complex aroma, with notes of wild berries and spices, showing a very present Touriga Nacional and well integrated barrel notes. In the mouth it is full and ripe, with firm but satin tannins. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta do Gradil Maria do Carmo Red
Pre-fermentative maceration for 48 hours, followed by alcoholic fermentation for 8 days in tapered vats at a temperature of 25ºC. The aging took place in French oak barrels of 225 and 300 liters for 12 months. 100% Alicante Bouschet, is a wine different from the established standards, which does not follow rules or conventions, imposing, but at the same time distinct. Contains sulfites.
São Domingos Lopo de Freitas 2015 Red
Kompassus Private Collection Red
Harvest in the 3rd week of October, in dry and hot weather - 35ºC. Balanced maturing, vintage with two choices. Fermentation in open winemaking with 20% of stink and steps on foot. 22 months of stage in new and used barrels of 400 and 700 liters. Full and opulent, perfumed with spicy notes, clay, red and black fruit, very complex, austere and elegant. Powerful but with velvety texture, very fresh acidity, long, seductive, but always serious and reserved.
Contains Sulfites.
João Portugal Ramos Alvarinho Bruto White
The grapes were subjected to gentle pressing. After clarification by static decanting, the alcoholic fermentation occurred at about 15ºc, obtaining the base sparkling wine. 15% of the batch was fermented in French oak barrels of 3 and 4 years where it remained on the lees for 8 months. After tartaric stabilization of the base wine, the second bottle fermentation was then run. The bottle stage on the lees of the second fermentation was approximately 20 months. Contains sulfites.
Envelope Red
Envelope Red results from a blend with Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Roriz and Tinto Cão from vineyards aged 40, and fermented with 100% stalks. In the middle of the process, in order to avoid the astringency of the tannins, we interrupted the contact with the film. It aged for 12 months in 300 liter barrels and then remained in the bottle for another 8 months before leaving for the market. Clear and open in color. It shows a very fresh aroma, markedly mineral, with wild fruits, spices and notes of reduction. In the mouth it is fresh, with a well-marked acidity, very polished tannins and a long, deep and delicate finish. Contains Sulfites.
Duorum O. Leucura Red
Very deep red color and dense. Intense and complex aroma, dominated by ripe black fruits such as blackberry and cassis, floral aromas such as violet and complexed by the aromas from its "elevage" in barrel. There are still some characteristic aromas of the evolution in the bottle, which contribute to increase still its great complexity. It is a concentrated, dense, high-structure wine. It has a balanced acidity, firm and very mature tannins, well wrapped in its body and volume. Its balance lies in a set of sensations, where concentration, wealth and strength become decisive. These characteristics, together with the high intensity of its retronasal aroma, give it high end of persistence, which allows for a long evolution. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta dos Roques Garrafeira Red
Wine of deep color, perfectly limpid, of fruity aroma of great elegance, remembering wild berries and the pine caruma, with notes of vanilla and chocolate conferred by the wood of oak. In the mouth it shows vigorous with the own astringency of the youth, foreshadowing a remarkable aging, thanks to the balance of alcohol, acidity, tannins and body. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta do Crasto Vintage 2015 Ruby
Quinta do Crasto Porto Vintage 2015 aged in Portuguese oak barrels, where it remained for about 2 years. It was bottled, without any bonding or filtration, being subject to creating a slight deposit during its aging in the bottle. The grapes, from Vinhas Velhas, were transported in food plastic boxes and subjected to a rigorous sorting at the entrance of the cellar. After a gentle crushing without destemming, they were sent to a traditional stone press where they were stepped on by men at regular intervals. Subsequently, wine spirit was added, thus stopping fermentation. Opaque color, excellent concentration and aromatic depth, where you can highlight the expressive notes of ripe wild fruits, fresh rockrose and mild spice. In the mouth it has an elegant beginning, progressively evolved into a wine of great volume and concentration, composed of fresh tannins with a firm and very compact texture. It finishes fresh, very long and elegant, with a notable aromatic explosion of very ripe wild fruits, in perfect harmony with rockrose notes. Everything in perfect balance, which provides a high potential for aging in the bottle. Contains sulfites.
Encontro 1 White
Total destemming, 48-hour skin maceration, gentle pneumatic pressing, natural static clarification and alcoholic fermentation at 15ºC. 50% of the wine made alcoholic fermentation in French oak barrels, followed by 6 months of betonnage. Intense citrus color with slight greenish tones. Complex and distinct aroma. Fruity, fresh, notorious mouth volume, elegant and harmonious. Contains sulfites.
Quinta do Cerrado Jaen Red
Teixuga Red
Origin in the old vineyards of Quinta da Teixuga. It is a wine of intense and deep color, of great aromatic complexity. In the mouth it surprises by the lively and emotional attack, followed by a wide evolution, ending with enormous persistence and elegance, in a whole characterized by the balance between all its components! Dão in its essence! Contains sulfites.
Teixuga White
This wine is straw yellow in color, with a high intensity aroma, revealing the aromatic complexity that is due to the particular conditions of aging and to the characteristics of the Encruzado grape variety. On the nose, the superior integration of aromas from French oak stands out where it aged. In the mouth, the attack is intense, voluminous, revealing a lively but very integrated acidity. The ending is long and memorable. Contains sulfites.
Quinta dos Carvalhais Colheita Rose
Slight color blush that brings to the elegance of the aroma that characterizes it: soft notes of forest fruits like raspberries and blackberries, and floral nuances of great elegance. In the mouth the crunchy acidity typical of the Dão region stands out and gives it freshness. Wine elegant, complex and engaging, with the fruity notes again appearing in the mouth and extending into a long and harmonious end.
Contains Sulfites.
Campolargo Baga Magnum Red
Partial destemming, fermentation in small mills with mechanical steps. End of alcoholic fermentation and second fermentation in used barrels, followed by stage in second year barrels, up to 12 months. Ruby color, intense aroma to wild berries, light palate, quite elegant, shows a seductive and fresh Berry, but without an exaggerated body. End of test with impressive structure up to middle of the palate, but sunny behavior becomes a pleasure to drink.
Contains Sulfites.
Adega de Borba Reserva Magnum Red
With grapes from the most typical Alentejo grape varieties produced in the sub-region of Borba, the label Cortiça wine was produced, a true ex-libris from the Adega de Borba. Coming from old vines, the grapes had a strict control in the evolution of the maturation, having been harvested in small quantities. In the Cellar, after the destemming and soft crushing of the grape, the alcoholic fermentation began, which lasted for about 10-15 days with the temperature controlled at 24ºC, for greater extraction of the aromas and fruity flavors of the grape. In order to increase the polyphenolic complexity, the tannins and the structure of the wine, it remained in the vat in a post-fermentative maceration process. The malolactic fermentation occurred later in stainless steel containers. To enhance and elevate its organoleptic characteristics, the wine aged 12 months in 3rd and 4th year barrels, French oak and exotic wood barrels. followed by a six-month bottling stage in the basement. Aroma fine and elegant, suggesting black fruits, compote and white chocolate.
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.
Costa Boal Homenagem Grande Reserva White
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.
Quinta de Ventozelo Essência Red
Manual harvest, starting at the end of September, with careful selection of grapes. Upon arrival at the winery, the grapes underwent a double selection: manual and using an optical sorting machine, which selects berry by berry according to their size and shape. After an initial cold maceration, fermentation in stainless steel vats at controlled temperature followed. 18 months in 500 liter French oak barrels (50% new and 50% used). This wine has a deep ruby color. Aromatic complex, with a predominance of black and ripe red fruit aromas, involved with a smoky touch, as a result of the long aging in barrels. In the mouth it is vibrant, with fruit and tannins. It finishes in a persistent and slightly spicy tasting, revealing great aging potential. Contains sulfites.
Anselmo Mendes Tempo White
Grapes harvested manually in small boxes and transported to the winery in a short time. Pelicular maceration followed by total fermentation with the films. Part of the fermentation takes place with the whole bunch not destemmed. After fermentation, it is aged for 6 months in used 400 liter French oak barrels with regular batting. Golden tanning color. Strong intensity of aromas, especially caramelized orange peel, citrus flowers and dried fruits. On the palate, it presents slight tannins flanked by a lively and sharp acidity. Strongly mineral mouth attack, ending very long, complex and persistent, showing dried and citrus fruits. Contains Sulfites.
Altano Reserva Magnum Red
Quinta do Vallado Adelaide 2015 com caixa Red
The grapes, after careful manual selection on the choice mat, were de-stemmed and fermented in stainless steel vats at a controlled temperature of 24°C and mechanical pumping over by robot for 9 days. Very focused. With balsamic notes of oak, fig, black plums and tobacco. Full-bodied, firm, ripe flavor with satin tannins. Mineral notes and a very elegant complex and persistent finish. Contains sulfites.
LAN Culmen Reserva Red
LAN is the Rioja in three letters. Founded in 1972, its name refers to the initials of the 3 provinces that belong to the Denomination of Origin Rioja: Logroño, Álava and Navarra. Producer consistent with Riojas phenomenal, traditional and modern styles, Bodegas LAN deserves this tribute due to its strong attention to detail, permanent focus on the quality of its raw material and the competent management of a complex system of aging in wood. Deep purple color. Aromas of ripe cooked fruit and liqueur, plum, blackberry, together with sweet and balsamic nuances. Scented with notes of toast, nutmeg, cinnamon, smoke. Characteristic mineral of the vineyard terroir. Full bodied, complex, structured and velvety in the mouth. Persistent at the end of the mouth. Contains Sulfites.
Quinta Vale Dona Maria Vintage 2015 Ruby
Quinta dos Murças VV47 Red
Quinta dos Murças VV47 has a very complex, intense and lively aroma, where the most mature red fruits, the characteristic balsamic aromas of the older vines and the notes of spices from the barrel stage stand out. Of great harmony and elegance, dominated by very fine ripe tannins and balanced acidity. It has a very long and persistent finish that, on the whole, allows for a great longevity. Manual harvesting, sorting table, destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts at controlled temperatures (25º to 28ºC), in granite mills with foot step and pressing in an old vertical press. In French oak barrels used for about 12 months. Contains Sulfites.
Monte da Cal Segredo de Saturno Red
Crushing with total destemming, prolonged and smooth skin maceration, alcoholic fermentation at 26ºC, with cuvasion until malolactic completion. Aged for 18 months in French Oak barrels, 50% new and 50% second-use. The best 30 of 70 barrels were selected. 48 months of bottle aging. Intense garnet color with slight violet tones. Intense aroma with distinct complexity and a mix of fruity and tertiary notes. In the mouth it is fruity, soft, well structured, harmonious and with a distinct persistence. Contains sulfites.
Messias Garrafeira Red
Partial destemming of the grapes before entering the mill, where they were trodden by foot for 6 days. Finishing of the alcoholic fermentation in vinaigrette French oak barrels. The 2-year aging in wood is followed by another year of aging in the cellar. Intense ruby color. Characteristic Atlantic wine, where balsamic nuances of resin and cedar are involved with iodine and saline sensations. Huge structure and great aging potential.
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