QUINTA DA ROMANEIRA
2018 Reserva
Grapes | Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca |
Colour | Red |
Origin | Portugal, Douro |
Classification | Reserva |
ABV | 14% |
70% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Francesa. Aged in French oak barrels for 12 months, 40% new oak. Deep, dark cherry colour, like black-cherry skins, with purple rim. Smoky, dusty, Douro-like character infusing the black fruit. A touch of smoky reduction, perhaps. It is marked by the oak at the moment but the tannins are super-fine. The charry savour doesn’t overpower the fruit but this needs patience. Embryonic elegance enhanced by a slight herbal freshness on the finish, even though it is fully ripe – as if there had been a small whole-bunch component. Very good balance suggests an ageworthy wine. Drinking range: 2028 - 2040 Rating: 17+ Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2021)
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Quinta da Romaneira
Whilst an old estate with a consequentially long history, Quinta da Romaneira only really becomes of note when, in 2004, new purchasers of the estate placed it under the management of Christian Seely and Antonio Agrellos who had worked such wonders at Quinta do Noval. Since then the vineyards have been overhauled, the best old vines have been retained in tandem with a replanting programme for the rest of the vineyard. A brand new winery has been constructed, two-thirds of it underground allowing Romaneira to have a proper cool wine cellar in the heart of the Douro valley.
85ha of vineyard, stretching some 3km along the River Douro are planted with both traditional Douro grapes and some plantings of international varieties.
Of course, this being the Douro valley, Quinta da Romaneira produce some very high quality Ports, but the forward focus of the estate is to realise the potential for table wine. In the words of Christian Seely, "our challenge has been, and remains, to find ways to vinify unfortified wines from the Douro that can take their rightful place among the great wines of the world, alongside the other great classic regions such as Bordeaux, Burgundy or the Rhone Valley."
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