Casa Ferreirinha, `Callabriga` Douro Tinto, Portugal, 2022

This wine is deep ruby in colour with an intense and complex nose of ripe red and black fruit underpinned by hints of forest-floor are truffles. The palate opens up with aromas of cedar, a slight minerality and more red fruit married with fresh acidity and defined and rounded tannins that continue to an harmonious and persistent finish.

'Callabriga' is made at the state-of-the-art, gravity-fed Quinta da Leda winery. After full destemming, the grapes underwent gentle crushing before being transferred to stainless-steel tanks for fermentation at controlled temperatures. Following fermentation, there was an extended maceration on the skins to extract silky tannins. The wine was then racked off the skins and aged in a combination of new American oak (25%) and used French oak (75%) barrels for 12 months. The final blend was carefully assembled after numerous tastings and analysis and was gently filtered before bottling.

Country: Portugal 

Region: Douro 

Vintage: 2022

Grape Variety: Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz

ABV: 13%

Size: 750ml