Color: Dense, almost opaque.

Aroma: Complex and concentrated with notes of blueberries plus dark chocolate liqueur, liquorice, and a hint of fresh mint. Very well-integrated notes of spice and oak.

Palate: In the mouth, it is deep, compact, creamy, dense and precise, satiny in texture, with a long finish that’s full of character.

Throughout the harvest, maturation rates were closely and meticulously monitored so that each parcel and each grape variety was picked separately in due regard for its location and individual characteristics.

In 2017, Aragonez was harvested on 21 August, earlier than usual. Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional only reached the winery on 11 September, while the Alicante Bouschet arrived from Perdigões on 14 September and from Lavradores on 29 September.

Following the harvest, the Aragonez grapes started their fermentation in marble lagares (troughs) with foot treading before heading to concrete vats for malolactic fermentation and were then transferred to 5000-litre tanks for ageing.

The Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional were fermented together in marble lagares with foot treading and then transferred to 500-litre, 2nd year, French oak barrels for both malolactic fermentation and 18-months ageing.

The grapes from both Alicante Bouschet plots were fermented separately in concrete vats. Malolactic fermentation took place in new, 500-litre French oak barrels, where they were aged for 18 months.

18 months in either 500-litre, new and 2nd-use French oak barrels or in 5000 litre tanks. Another three years’ ageing in bottle followed.

95 pts -Robert Parker
95 pts - Wine Enthusiast Magazine
19 pts - Vinho Grandes Escolhas
18.5 pts - Revista de Vinhos.

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