Vinha Maria Teresa 2013 Red has an opaque colour with deep violet hues. Extraordinary complex on the nose, with fresh aromas of spice, gum cistus and wild berry fruit. Everything is well-balanced, resulting in a wine of great freshness and depth. Lush palate and charming beginning that leads to a tight-knit structure of firm, finely-textured tannins nicely wrapped in complex flavours of wild berry fruit and fresh spice. A unique and distinctive wine with an elegant and lingering finish
Deep violet, excellent intensity and aromatic elegance with predominant notes of rock rose flower, dark chocolate and white pepper. Fine tannins and very compact, all in perfect balance.
Vinification
The grapes were first foot trodden in a traditional stone tank (“lagar”) and after this, they were transferred into an open stainless steel tank with robotic pistons. Fermentation took place for 7 days under strict controlled temperature environment
Ageing
20 months in new oak barrels (225 litres) (85% French oak, 15% American oak)
<p><span>This wine originates from grapes that have been carefully selected in a manual harvest. After they have been stalked and crushed, the pellicular maceration process continues for 8 hours at 10°C (50°F), maximizing the colour and aroma of the grapes</span></p>
<p>Azul Portugal was conceived with the purpose of creating a single brand that includes the most important wine regions of Portugal, with quality being its flag. The brand image was carefully chosen in order to appeal to all age brackets with higher wine consumption habits.</p>
<p><span>Cabeça de Burro Reserva has an intense ruby color, an aroma of ripe fruit, perhaps most evident strawberries and raspberries, red fruit with some spice. In the mouth it is very smooth with wooden fruit. Full-bodied portuguese wine with a medium end</span></p> <p></p> <p></p>
<p>Located in the sub region of Cima Corgo near the village of Pinhão, t<span>he </span>Quinta do Passadouro<span> dates back to the 18th century and was always famous for its port wines. The domain is located in the sub region of Cima Corgo near the village of Pinhão</span></p> <p></p>
<p>The three Meirelles brothers (an oenologist, an agricultural technician, and an army officer) created a Grambeira, a company that, since its beginning, has been working to create a small family farm in the Upper Douro. to raise quality awards in national and international competitions</p>
<p>The Casa Agricola Águia Moura is a small family business that is dedicated, combining tradition and modernity, the production of DOC Douro wines, always with the aim of obtaining wine productions with great potential for quality</p>
<p>Four young brothers from Mesão Frio joined hands to create a wine-producing company that already has 150 hectares, spread over seven farms in the Douro Demarcated Region and launched the first wine at the end of 2011.<br />Roberto, Ricardo, Rafael and Rudolfo, with 33, 29, 26 and 23 years, make up the R4 Douro Family.</p>
<p>The company was founded in 1926 by Mr. Messias Baptista, who served as chairman until 1973. The management is still held by the descendants of MESSIAS family. <span id="result_box" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Since its foundation</span> that MESSIAS <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">has been producing and selling high quality wines from the main demarcated regions:</span> Bairrada, Douro, Dão, Vinho Verde, Beiras and Vinho do Porto. The company is also known for the high quality of its Champagne method Sparkling wines and aged Brandies</p> <p> </p> <p></p>
<p>Cara a Cara is Joao Silva e Sousa's personal vinic project.</p> <p>Great-grandson, great-grandson and grandson of wine producers in the Dão region, João Silva e Sousa began working in wineries and in his grandfather's vineyards at the age of 15. As a winemaker, he has worked in various internationally renowned houses. He was co-founder of two companies where he created brands such as Castello d'Alba, Lua Cheia em Vinhas Velhas, Andreza, Maria Papoila, among others. He started his personal project with the brand Cara a Cara. He also works as a consultant for wineries in the Verdes, Douro, Alentejo and Algarve.</p>
<p>Founded in 1884 by the brothers António and Francisco, the Sociedade dos Vinhos Borges soon became one of the main national wine companies. Recognizing that only by excellence can Portuguese wines assert themselves in the world, Borges has always bet on the quality of its production</p> <p></p> <p></p>
<p>The Symington family, with Scottish, English and Portuguese ancestry has been present in the Douro for five generations — since 1882 — and through the current generation’s great grandmother, the family’s links to the wines of the Douro span 14 generations, to the mid-17th century and to the very beginnings of the history of Port</p>
<p>All property vineyards are officially class A. The farm has 23 hectares of vineyard with an average age of 20 years and 20 hectares excerpted in more recent years.</p>
<p>The main objective of Quinta do Vale Meão is to exploit to the maximum, for the originality and complexity of its wines, the combination of the different traditional varieties of the Douro, from separate plots and the different styles that result from the geological variety of its soils. The Fifth privileges the combination of the traditional method of vinification in lagares with the modern technologies.</p>
