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More information about Dona Maria tinto
The grapes come from vines averaging 40 years old. Brilliant ruby color with purple dots; complex nose, red berries dominate with some overripe plum notes. On the palate the red berries predominate, the balance is perfect, very round with good structure and of great persistence.
Grape varieties by proportion: Aragonez 50%, Cabernet Sauvignon 20%, Syrah 15%, Alicante-Bouschet 15%.
| Distributor: | Dona Maria, Quinta do Carmo, 7100-055 - Estremoz, Portugal |
| Winery: | Dona Maria - Julio Bastos |
| Alcohol: | 14.5 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Fits: | dark meats, roast suckling pig, wild fowl |
| Content: | 0,75 Liter |
| Quality level: | DOC |
| Acid: | 5.8 g/l |
| Smell: | red berries, plum notes |
| Residual sweetness: | 0.6 g/l |
| Weingut: | Dona Maria - Julio Bastos |
| Soil type: | Lime, Sound |
| Optimal drinking temperature: | 16 - 18 °C |
| Shelf life: | 6 years |
| Drink type: | Wine |
| Contains sulfites: | Yes |
| Food companies: | Dona Maria, Quinta do Carmo, 7100-055 - Estremoz, Portugal |
Dona Maria - Julio Bastos
The origins of the winery date back to the mid-18th century, when King Joao V gave this estate to his mistress Dona Maria. Wine has been produced there for 130 years, but it was not until the current owner, Júlio Tassara Bastos, began marketing the wine internationally in 1988. In 1992, he formed a joint venture with Lafite/ Domaines Barons de Rothschild under the name Quinta do Carmo. In 2000, he got out of this project and invested in the restoration of his own Quinta do Carmo as well as in state-of-the-art technology and old vineyards in order to build on his earlier successes of the 1980s with the Dona Maria wine. That he has succeeded in this is proven by his successes with the first vintage of 2003: great gold at Mundus Vini, only 17 times this award was given out of 4445 wines submitted. The grapes for the Reserva wine are still traditionally trampled in the so-called...
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