Abandoned Red 2019 750ml
€127.50
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One vineyard is approaching 80 years of age, with several flaws resulting from partial abandonment for a few years. In an area of intense exposure and with huge shale outcrops on the surface where not a single herb remains. The people of Quinta quickly nicknamed it “Vinha do Abandonado”. For years we tried to recover the vineyard and replant the missing vines. Until we gave up. Despite all our care, only the oldest strains were able to survive in such extreme conditions. In 2004 we decided to isolate it for the first time in the Quinta da Gaivosa winery. He immediately revealed a unique personality and character. We decided to bottle it in honor of the equally unique old Douro vines, which will one day disappear. Today we celebrate them.
Type:Red Wine
Year: 2019
Region:Douro
Producer: Alves de Sousa
Capacity: 750ml
Alcohol: 14.5% Vol
Grape varieties: Tinta Amarela Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Sousão, others (more than 25 indigenous varieties).
Tasting Note: Deep ruby color. Great complexity and aromatic freshness, with unusual (but typical of the Abandonado vineyard) balsamic and tar notes, licorice and black fruits. Mouth full of harmony, with intensity but also delicacy, minerality and an extraordinary purity of fruit. You can feel the schist soil, the surrounding forest, the freshness of the altitude, in a pure expression of the nature of the vineyard. An exercise in pure elegance and class from one of the most iconic vineyards in the Douro and Portugal.
Vinification: Total stemming. 9 days of fermentation at 20-22ºC. 10 days maceration.
Aging: 22 months in new and second-year French and Portuguese oak barrels.
Gastronomy: Red meat, game meat, cheeses.
Aging Potential: 25 to 30 years
One vineyard is approaching 80 years of age, with several flaws resulting from partial abandonment for a few years. In an area of intense exposure and with huge shale outcrops on the surface where not a single herb remains. The people of Quinta quickly nicknamed it “Vinha do Abandonado”. For years we tried to recover the vineyard and replant the missing vines. Until we gave up. Despite all our care, only the oldest strains were able to survive in such extreme conditions. In 2004 we decided to isolate it for the first time in the Quinta da Gaivosa winery. He immediately revealed a unique personality and character. We decided to bottle it in honor of the equally unique old Douro vines, which will one day disappear. Today we celebrate them.