Tinta Carvalha 2019
Red Wine from Alentejo, Portugal
  
  
18 points in Vinho Grandes Escolhas
17,5 points in Revista de Vinhos
Regular price
$154.00
Tinta Carvalha 2019
Red Wine from Alentejo, Portugal
    
18 points in Vinho Grandes Escolhas
17,5 points in Revista de Vinhos
Regular price
$154.00
The grapes, in granitic soils and in an integrated protection regime, are selected on a table of choice, 30% whole bunch of 70% destemmed, fall by gravity in the vat. Spontaneous fermentation and maceration of 40 days in skins, followed by a 12-month aging in stainless steel vats. A 100% Tinta Carvalha, the only wine 100% of this variety in Portugal. 2449 bottles produced.
Very open color, ruby, intense fresh nose, notes of bitter red fruit, pomegranate notes of graphite. Very fine tense attack, elegant with a lot of depth and tension. A red that shows that Alentejo can be something else.
Very open color, ruby, intense fresh nose, notes of bitter red fruit, pomegranate notes of graphite. Very fine tense attack, elegant with a lot of depth and tension. A red that shows that Alentejo can be something else.