Casa Ferreirinha Esteva Douro 2023
This wine is unoaked in order to retain the vibrancy of the fruit flavours
£12.65
| Producer | Casa Ferreirinha |
|---|---|
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Douro |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Grape Blend | A blend of Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca and Touriga Naciona |
| Bottle Size (ml) | 750 |
| % Abv | 13 |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Special Features | Sustainable |
| Extra Info | Fresh red fruit flavours |
| Food Pairing Guide | Pasta dishes and barbecues meats |
Casa Ferreirinha Esteva Douro is ruby red in colour with bright aromas of ripe strawberries, juicy cherries and floral hints. It is smooth on the palate, with polished tannins and a well-integrated acidity that gives lovely freshness and vivacity and carries the fresh red fruit flavours onto the elegant finish.
Casa Ferreirinha was the first Douro producer dedicated entirely to making table wines, rather than Port. Its origins date back to '52 when Fernando Nicolau de Almeida produced the first ever vintage of Barca-Velha and kickstarted the quality revolution in Douro table wines. Named after the legendary Dona Antónia Ferreira, one of the formidable widows of the world of wine, Casa Ferreirinha pays homage to the memory of this visionary woman. Today, the winemaking team is headed up by Luís Sottomayor, who restrains the Douro’s natural exuberance to produce wines that have a vibrant freshness allied to a lovely texture and depth.
The Esteva Douro Tinto is a blend of Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional from vineyards across the Douro Valley, with fruit from higher altitude vineyards, such as Quinta do Sairrão, bringing a refreshing lift to the blend. The soil in the Douro Valley is made up of schist - a dense, slate-like metamorphic rock that fractures vertically, allowing the vine roots to delve deep to access water reserves to sustain them during the hot Douro summers. The poor quality of the soil forces the vines to produce low yields of very concentrated grapes.
After arrival at the Quinta do Seixo winery, the grapes were gently destemmed and crushed and then transferred into stainless-steel
tanks. Fermentation took place at a controlled temperature of 25° C in order to preserve the bright fruit flavours of the grapes. The wine was kept in stainless steel until the final blend was carefully assembled and then bottled
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