Syrah, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franga and Tinto Cão
Enjoy
With a starter or meat
Tasting Notes
A dense red, with an opulent, spicy aroma, followed by chewy flavors of chocolate, dark plum and French roast. There's firm acidity throughout, and this finishes with dusty, ferrous notes
Consumption
16 - 18ºC
Vinification
“Remontage” method in stainless steel vats, with temperatures held at 26ºC
<p>Carlos Alonso Douro Wine is a family business with an international vocation, focused on the production of quality wines, innovation and development of the region that is in its DNA: the Douro.</p>
<p>Vallegre - Vinhos do Porto S.A. is a portuguese company with centuries old tradition which has embraced the continuity of a family business for five generations deeply rooted in the Douro region</p> <p></p>
<p>The Crasto Red is made from traditional Douro red grape varieties: Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca and Touriga Franca. Unoaked, it is produced to be a fresh, fruity, easy-to-drink wine. This Douro wine has a deep ruby colour with very ripe red fruit aromas. Very fruity on the palate, with good structure and light tannins which make it a very pleasant wine</p> <p></p> <p></p>
<p>The founders of Burmester house are John Burmester and Henry Nash. Its origins go back to Germany and projected the Douro and Port in the United Kingdom.</p> <p>Burmester has been iconic since 1750</p>
<p>The history of the 100HECTARES wines begins in the early 70’s.</p> <p>The estates of the family are the origin of their wines, and the production is made exclusively from grapes coming from their properties, which is at the heart of the family’s production philosophy</p>
<p class="hiddeh1">Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is a place of extreme beauty in the heart of Douro valley and owned by Amorim family since 1999. But the «quinta» is much earlier than this and history confirms it as a great land belonging to the Portuguese Royal House, having been identified its first owner in 1725.</p> <p class="hiddeh1">Mirabillis, Quinta Nova Vintage, Pomares, Grainha and Quinta Nova Red and White wine</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
<p>The history of the 100HECTARES wines begins in the early 70’s.</p> <p>The estates of the family are the origin of their wines, and the production is made exclusively from grapes coming from their properties, which is at the heart of the family’s production philosophy</p>
<p>The brothers Antonio and Edmar Monteiro are the founders of the 1912 Winemakers company. <br />The passion for the world of wine comes early in the life of these two brothers, who since childhood helped their father at the Quinta de São Bernardo property on the banks of the Douro River.<br />Later they acquired Quinta de Águas, which allowed them to increase production but maintaining the same quality as the wines produced</p> <p></p>
<p>Quinta da Pacheca is one of the best known estates in the Douro region and also one of the first properties to bottle wine under its own label. It is first mentioned in a document dated April 1738 but it was only in 1903, when Dom José Freire de Serpa Pimentel decided to develop his interest in oenology, began to seriously dedicate himself to the risky business of winemaking. Today, a century and many successes later, a brand-new generation of the Serpa Pimentel family</p> <p></p>
<p><span>Quinta de S. José is a family project that began in early 1999 by the will of the João’s father, Ruy Brito e Cunha, due to the excellent location of the houses in the Quinta, practically on the side of the river.</span></p>
<p>The first ODISSEIA wines were produced in 2004 but Jean-Hugues Gros had already been working in the Douro region since 1999.</p> <p>He has found in the Douro region a wine making potential that allows the development of a wide variety of elegant and versatile <em>terroir</em> wines.</p>
<p>Features concentrated purple color. Evidence aromas of ripe black fruit and elegant floral aromas in harmony with the notes of the French oak. Well harmonious in the mouth with firm tannins but well surrounded by the lively acidity. Long and complex finish that expresses a beautiful profile after a little more time in the bottle but showing at this younger stage all over your body after mild oxygenation.</p>
<p class="page-title">It is in the Douro that the Alves de Sousa family produces their wines, according to a family tradition of 5 generations.<br />(Douro Valley, Caldas, Estação, Aveleira and Oliveirinha), developed a complete range of Douro wines of great character and quality.</p> <p></p>
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