Alves de Sousa Vale de Raposa 2024 Tinto
€ 13.55
| Producer | Alves de Sousa |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca |
| Ageing | Brief oak ageing |
| Alcohol | 13%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C |
A young, expressive Douro: violets, black plums and dark chocolate.
Tasting note
Deep ruby and very expressive, with aromas of violets, black plums, dark chocolate and spice. It opens up in the glass, with fine structure and a long, harmonious finish.
The story
Quinta do Vale da Raposa borders Quinta da Gaivosa. The family bought its roughly 18 hectares in the late 1980s, and it was here that the first own wine was made in 1991, a white.
The grapes fermented for 5 to 6 days on their skins with a short maceration, and the wine had a brief spell in oak.
Food pairing
Delicious with spaghetti bolognese and pizza.
The producer
Winemaking is a family tradition for Domingos Alves de Sousa: his father Edmundo and his grandfather Domingos were already Douro winegrowers. Trained as a civil engineer, in 1987 he devoted himself fully to the quintas he had inherited. For years he supplied grapes to big houses such as Casa Ferreirinha and Borges. After the crisis of the late 1980s and the disastrous 1988 harvest, he decided to make and bottle his own wine. He built a winery at Quinta da Gaivosa and in 1992 released his first wine, the Quinta do Vale da Raposa Branco 1991.
Revista de Vinhos named him Producer of the Year in 1999 and 2006: he was the first ever to win the title twice. Since 2002 his son Tiago, who holds a doctorate in viticulture, has been the winemaker. The family uses only grapes from its own six quintas: Gaivosa, Vale da Raposa, Caldas, Estação, Aveleira and Oliveirinha.
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