It is impressive how the harvest develops in this land. Our first red grapes came in the winery last week. This vineyard is at the entrance of Foz Côa in Douro Superior area. It has about 60 years of age and is a mixture of varieties. It is one of the vineyards we blend into our Super Premium range. At this part of Douro the grapes easily give powerful and structured wines. We selected this one because apart from its power it adds complexity to the blend. The enormous mixtures of grape varieties (some of then are not even used nowadays) brings the wine from this origin to a level of fusion of vegetal and fruit aromas, like rock rose mingled in with spices an dark berries.
This year the must is showing so much fruit. The color is being very difficult to come out. 2009 is giving some fight to bring out the color (more time is needed comparing with last year) but the fruit is coming so easily.
That' why we love to be winemakers! You'll never know what you gone get...
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