Portugal
Red "Tinto" - 2022 - Quinta de Saes
Álvaro de Castro
A wine with a powerful character, featuring notes of blackcurrant, black fruit jam, spices, toasted bread, and coffee. Very long on the palate, again quite powerful, with the complexity of the nose complemented by aromas of cocoa. Structured and elegant, a wonderful surprise!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Organic wine
- Designation
- Dão D.O.C.
- Bottled by
- Quinta da Pellada – Unipessoal, Lda.
- Colour
- Red Wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
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A traditional Dão blend, featuring Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Jaen, and Tinta Pinheira, sourced from 30- to 35-year-old vines, farmed organically and planted across several different plots, all with granitic soils, located at an elevation of 500 meters above sea level in the village of Pinhanços. The grapes were harvested by hanf and naturally vinified: total destemming, crushing, 6 days of co-maceration, pressing, fermentation in stainless steel tanks, followed by aging in French oak barrels (no new oak) for 18 months. Bottled at the estate.
Álvaro de Castro
Álvaro de Castro has been at the helm of Quinta da Pellada since 1980, a centuries-old estate whose first traces date back to… 1527! Trained as an engineer, he made the bold move to leave everything behind to fully dedicate himself to the success of Quinta da Pellada… a winning bet. Viticulture and winemaking quickly paid off, and Álvaro revived a family tradition that had been interrupted for...
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