Based in the Upper Douro, Castello d'Alba was the first wine that Rui Roboredo Madeira launched almost 20 years ago. Today is a landmark of the Douro region
Touriga Nacional, Tinta Amarela, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Souzão
Enjoy
Fantastic with Iberian ham, baked goods, game, smoked and other meat dishe typically Mediterranean and very intense. Excellent with cheeses healed of sheep
Tasting Notes
Aroma of wild fruits, notes of spice, spices, very expressive violets and very fresh notes of basil and bergamot. Tannins very soft and very ripe, fresh and aromatic, very elegant, with an unusually long finish
Consumption
16ºC
Vinification
Fermentation in stainless steel tanks of 18 tons capacity, with tanning at around 26ºC. Intense and prolonged macering and partial malolactic fermentation in oak barrels
Ageing
18 months in new and used French oak barrels
Wine Maker
Rui Roboredo Madeira
Alcohol
14,5%
Total Acidity
4,80 g/dm3
Ph
3,80
Weight
1.5
Bottle Size
750 ml
Awards
Regional Trophy – Best Red Wine Douro – Decanter World Wine Awards; 90 Pts – Wine Spectator; 92 Pts – Wine Enthusiast; Gold Medal – Mundus Vini; 2 Silver Medal – Mundus Vini; 17 Pts – Revista de Vinhos
<p>Based in the Upper Douro, Castello d'Alba was the first wine that Rui Roboredo Madeira launched almost 20 years ago. Today is a landmark of the Douro region</p>
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<p>The Ermos Mountains share the landscape with the vineyards overlooking the Douro of the municipality of Freixo de Espada à Cinta, in the Upper Douro. Inserted in a unique landscape, which holds us by the way nature manifests itself. In Freixo de Espada à Cinta, land of myths and legends, is where the Douro River meets the wine, this is where the Douro begins. This beauty is naturally reflected in the Montes Ermos wines</p>
<p>It began almost two decades ago, the passion and pleasure that the people of Quinta do Sobreiro do Cima put in the products that lead to themselves. To the regional development of Trás-os-Montes and the site of Santa Valha and Rio Torto, evidencing the history and wine-growing of these lands, this group allied the identity of its roots to a business project of creation and development of agro-alimentary products of high quality.</p>
<p>Poças Fora da Serie Touriga Nacional is produced only from Touriga Nacional grapes coming from our property Quinta de Vale de Cavalos (Douro Superior), that shows an elegant and smooth profile with notes of cocoa and ripe fruit</p>
<p>Quinta de Ferradosa Douro Tinto is a wine that shows a very concentrated nose with some freshness. In the mouth there is a lot of red fruit like strawberries and raspberries alloted to floral notes. The tannins are well present, and bring to the wine a striking structure. The balance of the wine is given by a marked freshness, making this Quinta da Ferradosa a very elegant wine.</p>
<p>The Quinta do Filoco vineyards produce the best nectars of the Douro region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The vineyards and the Cellar were being modernized with new equipment, combining tradition and modernity in the well know how to make wine. The vineyards stretched along 130 hectares, surrounded by thickets with typically Mediterranean vegetation that contribute to the unique terroir of the Filoco wines.</p>
<p>Located in the heart of the Vilariça Valley, one of the most fertile agricultural valleys in Europe, Quinta da Terrincha stands out as one of the most important agricultural units in the whole of Northern Portugal. Extending for more than 300 hectares, along 4 kilometers of the National Road 102 (that connects the regions of Trás-os-Montes and Beira Alta), near the meeting of the waters of the river Sabor with the great Douro River and boundary of the future bay of Baixo Sabor, and facing the mountain range that separates Vale da Vilariça from the Sabor valley, Quinta da Terrincha is totally located in the Douro Demarcated Region.</p>
<p>A scented alvarinho is deep and delicate citrus notes. A balsamic that gives a very interesting character to enhance the freshness. In the mouth, it is fresh and elegant, with well integrated wood and a good body, finishing persistently. With aging potential</p>
<p>This Douro red wine is produced with grapes from Quinta da Fonte. This farm is located at an altitude of 500 meters on the fresh plateau of Celeirós, facing the east in a fantastic area for the production of fresh and structured white grapes.</p>
<p>Quinta do Crasto Vinhas Velhas is deep ruby in colour. The nose shows a particular complexity, with notes of gum cistus and fresh spice, very well integrated with exuberant aromas of wild fruits. Elegant on the palate, rapidly evolving into a wine of excellent volume and a compact structure made of fresh, velvety-textured tannins. The finish is lingering and balanced. A wine that mirrors the unique identity of the old vines of Quinta do Crasto</p> <p></p>
<p>MATEUS & SEQUEIRA VINHOS SA is based in the DOURO in S. João da Pesqueira - heart of the first demarcated region of the world and world heritage of humanity by UNESCO, as a young and enterprising company with a past full of work linked to the winemaking tradition and research in the Douro Vinhateiro region.</p>
<p><span>Lua Cheia em Vinhas Velhas is a result of the passion to display the individuality and character of the Douro by the creators of this project.</span></p>
<p>Based in the Upper Douro, Castello d'Alba was the first wine that Rui Roboredo Madeira launched almost 20 years ago. Today is a landmark of the Douro region</p>
<p>With its headquarters in Ílhavo, the Lua Cheia em Vinhas Velhas wants to show the world what is best produced in Portugal. The passion for wine began in the Douro, where the brand has vineyards in the Pinhão Valley, as well as a winery in Martim, in Murça.</p>
<p>Secret Spot is a project by Gonçalo Sousa Lopes and Rui Cunha that aims to produce wines from a single vineyard that has the potential to originate a wine of unique qualities.</p>
