Maçanita Vinhos Red 2021
€ 14.85
A red Douro wine with a concentrated violet ruby red color, intense and ripe aroma of floral notes and black fruit. Full, round followed by a nice long aftertaste
Brother and sister, winemakers and friends have been working together for over 10 years in more than 14 wineries. This 2022 Maçanita Red is just that, the series of experiences of two persons, two winemakers, much discussion, much laughter, all summed up in a bottle of wine. We know you will enjoy it.
Widely regarded as one of the most dynamic young winemakers in Portugal, António Maçanita crafts wines from the Azores archipelago to Alentejo, each one capturing the essence of the regional terroir and traditions. He also makes wines in the Douro Valley with his sister Joana under the Maçanita label. In addition to founding and owning Fitapreta, Antonio is a consultant winemaker for more than 13 other wineries in Portugal through his company Wine ID. His first harvest experience was at four years old, playing amongst the vines while grapes were being picked. He's gone on to work in wineries in Napa, Australia, and Bordeaux, before returning to Portugal to change the landscape of modern Portuguese wine. Antonio was named 2018 Winemaker of the Year in Revista de Vinhos Magazine, as well as awarded the 2018 Singularity Award by Revista Grandes Escolhas. Portuguese winemaker António Maçanita and resident English viticulture consultant, David Booth met for the first time in early 2004. Over the next few months, a close friendship developed and when the opportunity came up to buy some pretty special grapes from some Alentejo vineyards that David was managing, and António was able to rent some space in a local winery, the business rapidly took shape and Fitapreta Vinhos was founded. Their distinctive, rich and complex wines that are the result of applying their specialist skills with huge personal attention to detail at every point in the production chain; from vineyard site selection, grape growing, harvesting, fermentation, maturing, label design, marketing and distribution.
Food pairing
A delicious wine ideal with red (grilled) meat dishes
Grapes: 55% Touriga Nacional, 25% old vines, 20% Sousão
Grapes planted in the Cima Corgo, manual harvested. Matures for 12 months in stainless steel barrels
Two thousand and eleven is the starting year of Maçanita Vinhos, two winemakers from the Douro region. Joana Maçanita and António Maçanita were like strangers in this vast region full of tradition, customs and techniques. The Maçanita, brother and a sister, arrived in the Douro with a white sheet, eager to explore and reveal the diversity of the Douro. During all these years, Maçanita Vinhos has made known through its wines the diversity of the terroir of the Douro region in its purest and most faithful form.
Maçanita Vinhos has no style, it has no style of its own, it respects and is a faithful messenger of the Douro terroirs, a vision of the Douro à Maçanita.
Alcoholcontent
14 %vol
Store & Serve
Serve at 17-19 °C
Can be drunk up to 5 years after harvest
3,9/5 - Vivino (87 ratings)