Douro, Ancora'Douro Quinta da Formigosa - 2021

Provenance: Portugal
Appellation: Douro
Domain: Quinta da Formigosa
Grape variety(ies): Assemblage de cépages locaux : touriga nacional, touriga franca, et tinta roriz
Alcohol degree: 13%

Aromas of ripe black and blue fruit with hints of nut shells, cedar, licorice and mushrooms. Medium-bodied, silky and textured with refined tannins. Refreshing and characterful with a floral and blue-fruited finish. - James Suckling

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Technique

Viticulture

The grape vines are meticulously cultivated on schist south-east facing terraces, employing a combination of mechanization and skillful manual labor. Plough horses are employed to carefully tend to the soil in plots of old vines.

Oenology

Following the initial sorting, the grapes are destemmed. Subsequently, they undergo a second sorting process, meticulously selecting berry by berry, before being transferred to stainless steel fermentation vats. A cold pre-fermentation maceration process begins at temperatures between 10ºC and 12ºC, lasting for 48 hours. After 48 hours, the grapes are inoculated with selected yeasts, initiating the daily routine of remontage and pigeage.Upon completion of alcoholic fermentation, a post-fermentation maceration process commences to refine the tannins. The wine is matured in stainless steel vats.