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, Germany
2021 | Gold, Berliner Wein Trophy, Alemanha
2020 | 92 points, www.jamessuckling.com
2019 | Gold, Mundus Vini, Germany
2019 | 90 points, Decanter World Wine Awards, England
2018 | Silver, Mundusvini, Germany
2017 | Silver, Sommelier Wine Awards, England
2017 | 92 points, Decanter, England
2016 | 97 points, Best in show, Decanter Wine Awards, England
2014 | 87 points, eRobert Parker, USA
2009 | 2nd Best Douro Wine, New York Times, USA
2006 | Silver, Challenge International du Vin, France