More information about 2021 Lenda tinto
Lenda ( port. = legend) comes from Julio Tassara Bastos, who lives on the Quinta do Carmo in Estremoz. The harmonious cuvée made from the Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez and Trincadera grape varieties, which are grown at 400 meters above sea level, has a ruby red color and a fruity aroma with lots of blackberries.
The taste is dry, juicy, with fruity wild berries, a strong body; the tannins are very round and well integrated. A wonderfully harmonious wine with a long finish. Sandra Gonzalves, the oenologist, presents great wine taste even for little money.
Award: for the 2017: among the top 20 red wines on the German market - WEINWIRTSCHAFT 01/2020
| Contents: | 0,75 Liter |
| Type of wine: | Red wine |
| Beverage type: | Wine |
| Odor: | Blackberry |
| Quality level: | DOC |
| Soil type: | Alumina, Lime |
| Acid: | 5.7 g/l |
| Residual sweetness: | 0.5 g/l |
| Alcohol: | 13.5 |
| Shelf life: | 6 years |
| Contains sulfites: | Yes |
| Fits to: | dark meats, game, lamb, grilled meats |
| Color: | red |
| Optimal drinking temperature: | 16 - 18 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Weingut: | Dona Maria - Julio Bastos |
| Distributor: | Dona Maria -Julio Bastos-, Quinta do Carmo, 7100-055 Estremoz - Portugal |
| Food companies: | Dona Maria -Julio Bastos-, 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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