Quinta da Vegia Superior Red

Granitic soils, altitude, sustainable farming practices and zero herbicides are just the beginning of this unique rosé wine. In Vila Nova de Tazem (Serra da Estrela sub-region) a 28-year-old vine of 100% hand-harvested Tinta Roriz grows. The commitment since 2020 to an option for organic farming in all our vineyards. The tear must ferments with indigenous yeasts in used 225 L French oak barrels. The wine ages for 11 months “sur lie” without batonnage and another 8 months in stainless steel. Naturally stabilized, it may show turbidity or deposit. A rosé wine with a more concentrated color, onion skin with hints of copper. Delicate aromas of red fruits and fermentation, like brioche. In the mouth, it has remarkable acidity and minerality, with touches of spices, especially black pepper. It has a dense yet elegant texture, quite salivating at the end as it calls for food. Extremely gastronomic. Contains sulfites.

Grapes from old vineyards with an average age over 40 years, hand-harvested from Touriga Nacional, Sousão, Touriga franca and Tinta Roriz varieties, aged for 18 months in barrels. Very elegant and fine, with very smooth and very ripe tannins, fresh and aromatic, very elegant and with an unusually long finish. Contains sulfites.

Careful selection of grapes in whole bunch for the cement mill where they spontaneously ferment at controlled temperature. After a maceration period of about a week, the grapes are picked and the wine continues its fermentative processes in 500 liter French and Austrian oak barrels. Aging for 24 months in French and Austrian oak barrels, followed by a year in stainless steel, where it stabilizes naturally throughout the seasons. Bottled manually, by gravity without filtering or sticking and with minimal SO2 adjustments. It is a wine with a little extracted profile, we look for the elegance and freshness that an old vineyard with exposure to the north can give us. Open ruby color, shallow, with herbal notes combined with fresh fruit on the nose, deep and persistent in the mouth, with Douro and wooden aging notes. A wine to enjoy while young, but clearly aging. Advisable for decanting. Contains Sulfites.

Total destemming, followed by separate fermentation, in small mills, with mechanical step. Malolactic in ferries followed by stage in barrels used up to 12 months. Contains Sulfites.