2018 Casa de Santar, 'Vinha dos Amores' Touriga Nacional - 杜奧产区 DOC - 3 Bottles (0.75L)

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2018 Casa de Santar Vinha dos Amores Touriga Nacional Red 3 x 0.75L

DESCRIPTION
Casa de Santar is historically connected to wine production. Founded in the end of the 18th century, it is one the most iconics wine making estates in Dão, due to its history, dimension and the reputation of its wines. The wines from this noble house are renowned due to their tradition, authenticity and nobility, reasons that make this brand from Dão so special and known for its 200-year-old history. A couple of kilometres from Casa de Santar, we can begin to see on the horizon several hectares of vineyard, which is very rare in this part of the country. Casa de Santar owns the largest continuous terrain in Dão, with 103 hectares, 83 of red varieties and 20ha of white varieties. Santar’s most well known plot is Vinha dos Amores, a slope with incredible soil and solar exposure where we grow the best Encruzado and Touriga Nacional grapes. Vinha dos Amores, or Lovers Vineyard in English, got its name because it was, since time immemorial, the meeting point for all the lovers of the village of Santar in their passionate rendezvous. Here were born some of the most elegant wines in Portugal that have earned high scores and awards from national and international critics. The estate has been connected to the same family for 13 generations and the cellar deserves a proper tour: from the cellar to the fermentation room with its stainless-steel vats, through the wine-aging room where the wines rest in French oak barrels and where we can find the highlight of this room, the incredibly old copper alembic. Then, we carry on to the tasting room and the cellar that keeps and protects the brands’ oldest harvests.

WINEMAKER: Osvaldo Amado.

AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS
91 Points, Wine Enthusiast (2014 Vintage)
90 Points, Robert Parker (2014 Vintage)
93 Points, Revista Adega (2014 Vintage)
93 Points, International Wine Challenge (2014 Vintage)
Gold Medal, Asia Wine Trophy (2014 Vintage)
18 Points, Vinho Grandes Escolhas (2014 Vintage)
2021 Best Wines of Portugal, Vinho Grandes Escolhas (2014 Vintage)
90 Points, Wine Spectator (2011 Vintage)
Gold Medal, Berlin Wine Trophy (2011 Vintage)

WINE VARIETIES: Touriga Nacional (100%).

VINIFICATION
Crush with total destemming, alcoholic fermentation at 26ºC and prolonged skin maceration. Maturation of 18 months in French Oak barrels and 6 months in bottle.

TASTING NOTES
Limpid. Intense grenade with notorious violet tones. Intense and complex aromas with notorious forest fruits, riped red fruits jelly. complex with floral notes and finish with hints of spices. Fruity, soft, well-structured with notorious persistence.

SERVING
Ideal to drink with aged cheese and delicacies os stuctured preparation of delicated fatty fish and red meat. Drink at 18ºC.