A unique unoaked blend, that uses the Quinta Nova da Nossa Senhora do Carmo’s main grape varieties - Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinto Cão. It has an authentic and intense flavour that demonstrates that it does not need to be aged in an oak barrel to be sophisticated.
Its ruby colour and youthful, exuberant and mineral aroma offers a magnificent balance between fruit, dense structure and alcohol, and confirms that the full character of the Douro fits inside a bottle of wine, with extraordinary richness and volume.
In Portugal, this wine is one of the finest examples of unoaked wines, and can be drunk young or stored in the cellar for 5-7 years.
2021 | Gold, Mundus Vini Spring Tasting, DE
2021 | Gold, Berliner Wein Trophy, DE
2021 | 89 pts, Decanter Magaginze, UL
2020 | 92 pts, jamessuckling.com, Germany
2020 | 88 pts, Wine Advocate, Robert Parker, Mark Squires, USA
2020 | 88 pts, Wine Enthusiast, Roger Voss, USA
2019 | Gold, Mundus Vini, DE
2019 | 90 pts, Decanter World Wine Awards, UK
2018 | Silver, Mundusvini, Germany
2018 | 92 pts, Decanter World Wine Awards, UK
2017 | Silver, Sommelier Wine Awards, UK
2017 | 92 pts, Decanter, UK
2017 | 90 pts, Wine Align - CAN
2016 | 97 pts, Best in Show, Decanter Wine Awards, UK
2014 | 87 pts, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, USA
2009 | 2º Best Douro Wine, New York Times, USA
2006 | Silver, Challenge International du Vin, France