Luis Seabra Mono A Tinto Alfrocheiro Dao 2019

$92.00

Dao, not Douro, from a 35 year old vineyard of granite soils. The variety is Alfrocheiro, which accounts for about 3% of total plantings in Portugal. Handpicked, wild fermented, with 40% whole cluster. A long maceration of 26 days, before being transferred to a 300o litre oak foudre for 14 months.

Dark colour and the fruits are darker too. Blackcurrant, blackberry, plum and violets. Just gorgeous. Deep core, but still only medium bodied, sleek and precise. Rich sweet fruit, with textured tobacco, cocoa, all wrapped in silk. Super bright and vivid, the sweetness matched by buoyant acidity and long satiny tannins. Absolutely stunning wine. Claret like effortlessness, Burgundian sexiness and Portuguese minerality. Waters Wine Co

 

Deep red-purple, bright and bold in the glass, the bouquet is faintly sweaty overlying deep-set blackberry and rich palate flavour, cassis and other berry flavours abounding. There is attractive sweetness to the fruit at its core, while the tannins are abundant but fine and supple, and not overbearing. Delicious wine, already good to drink but I suspect it has a bright future if cellared. Superb. 96 Points – Huon Hooke, The Wine Front

 

A Single vineyard with more than 35 years old in the parish of Vila Nova de Tázem area planted with alfrocheiro variety in Granite soil at 460m altitude. The Alfrocheiro grape is only 3% of the total planted area of vineyards in Portugal. Considered a high-quality grape among winemakers, it was in the Dão region that it found its home. 40% whole cluster, in wood fermenter vats of 5000 litres, nothing was added to the wine but sulphur. Total maceration of 26 days. Ageing of 14 months in 3000 litres east Europe oak Foudre.

 

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