Adelaide Douro Red
Tasting Notes
The nose is offers black fruit, wood and balsamic oak notes. The palate is full-bodied, firm and ripe with satiny tannins. Bright minerality, complexity and a persistent finish makes this a fresh and elegant wine. It has an aging potential of 20-30 years.
Vineyards
Adelaide comes from a plot of very old vines, some over 100 years old, with a blend of over 30 different varieties including: Touriga Franca, Rufete, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barrroca, Tinta Nascida, Malvasia Preta, Mourisco, Bastardo, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Bairrada, Tinta da Barca, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Carvalha, Moscatel de Hamburgo, Tinta Pomar, Piriquita, Moreto, Sultanina, S. Saúl, Casculho and Preto Martinho. These Vineyards are among the lowest production per acre plantings worldwide.
Winemaking
After a careful manual selection, the grapes were destemmed and fermented in stainless steel for 9 days. Aging and malolactic fermentation took place in new 225L French oak barrels for 19 months.
Technical Information
- Vintage:
- 2016
- Alcohol:
- 14.5%
- Varietals:
- A blend of over 30 varieties including Touriga Franca, Rufete, Tinta Roriz
- RS:
- 0.6G/L
- PH:
- 3.69
- TA:
- 5.17G/L
