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Quinta Vale Dona Maria Red 2018

AMVD018 Quinta Vale Dona Maria Red 2018

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An elegant and fresh red wine. Black cherry, bitter chocolate and pepper on the nose. Silky smooth and fine in the mouth, with a supple, mineral base, carried by a lively acidity, juiciness and minerality keeps the alcohol in check. Due to its finesse, the wine already seems ready to drink, but it will certainly be able to grow-up very well and for a very long time.
 
Food pairing
A delicious wine ideal for hearty red meat and game dishes 
 
Grapes : A blend of 41 different castes, including Rufete, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Francisca, Sousão, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and many others typical of the Douro, from the old vines of Quinta Vale D Maria, aged over 60 years, vineyards with exposure to the South, Southeast, Southwest, East and West. The grapes of these fields presented an average graduation of 14 ° Baumé at the entrance of the winery.
 
All the grapes are trodden in mills 1-3 days before fermentation, and then fermented for 7 to 10 days at temperatures of 22 to 27 °C, with manual pigeages. The wines are transferred to new French oak barrels of 225 or 300 liters from different tantrums (Seguin Moreau, François Frères, Taransaud, Louis Latour and Berthomieu), where the malolactic fermentation takes place. All wines were then aged for 21 months in French oak barrels (75% new barrels and 25% one-year barrels), and the different batches obtained from each fermentation were kept completely separate until the composition of the final batch, about one month before bottling.
   
Alcohol content
14,5 %
 
Store & Serve
Open 2 to 3 hours in advance to breathe. Serve at 16-18 °C . 
From now to at least 12 years after harvest year to drink
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Critics & Awards
18/20 - Grandes Escolhas Tasted: Apr 2021
92/100 - Falstaff Tasted: Feb 2022
93/100 - Decanter World Wine Awards Tasted: Jan 2021
95/100 - Andreas Larsson 
93/100 - Wine Enthusiast Tasted: Dec 2021
A field blend of 41 different varieties, this wine is hugely rich and complex. Its dark fruits and bold tannins are impressively structured and still young. Drink from 2023. Roger Voss
  
Region: Douro

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