CARM Maria de Lourdes Tinto 2018

The elegance and freshness of a great red from Douro Superior.

Grape Varieties: 30% Touriga Franca and 70% Touriga Nacional from a superior parcel of Quinta da Urze where we have a North exposition at 650 meters, looking for balanced maturations together with freshness.

Tasting Notes: Amazing concentration together with freshness, brimming with focused red fruits tied with very well integrated profound oak hints, result into a harmonious package that keeps echoing and changing, being beautifully smooth but firm on the palate.

Vinification: The wine is vinified in the cellar of our Quinta das Marvalhas in Almendra, in the heart of Douro Superior. Our winery is equipped with the latest technology and enables complete control of temperature, essential for our region of extreme climates. After grapes arrive at the winery, we eliminate clusters which are not in perfect condition. After total destemming, the grapes are crushed softly and pass through a thermal shock, followed by a period of cold prefermentative maceration of about 12 to 24h. The must is transferred to broad and low fermentation stainless steel vats, where the maceration occurs for eight days at 22ºC. Sulfites are added after fermentation malolactic and alcoholic are completed together).

Ageing: 24 Months in French barrels.

Availability: In 1-3 business days