Made for M&S by Joao Hoelzer, Quinta & Vineyard Bottlers from Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinto Cão, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinta Amarela.


The hand-picked grapes are grown in steep hillside vineyards with soils containing layers of schist, and are then trodden by foot in traditional granite tanks known as lagares. The wine is aged for two years in large old oak vats, and was bottled in 1996.


Dark, plummy and ?marmite. Rich, dark and syrupy. Like molasses but with fresh plummy fruity.

19/09/08

20%

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