Batuta Tinto 2023

The grapes used for this wine are sourced from Quinta do Carril, from a North-facing vineyard whose vines are more than 70 years old, and also an approximately 100-year-old vineyard near Quinta de Nápoles. The Batuta is the result of a very gentle winemaking, with a longer skin contact period but gentle extraction. All the details were carefully considered in order to produce a complex and elegant fine wine. It has the intense concentration of the old vines of the Douro, but it is at the same time fresh and delicate.

Grape Varieties: Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Rufete, Malvazia Preta and others. Average Vine Age 70 and over 100 years old.

Soil: Schist

Tasting Notes: Deeply expressive nose of graphite, herbs and ripe plum, wrapped in vanilla bean and nutty oak. Silky and polished mouthfeel, with supple tannins and integrated acidity. Graceful yet quietly powerful, with depth and length.

Vinification: After the fruit was meticulously sorted in the vineyard as well as in the cellar, fermentation took place in conical stainless steel tanks, with a skin contact period of approximately 80 days. The wine aged for 20 months in French barrels (only 50% new wood), where it also completed its malolactic fermentation.

Ageing: 20 months in French barriques (50% new wood).

Gastronomy: The Batuta is a very flexible food wine and pairs well with meat and fish such as monkfish, squid and grilled octopus.

Winemaker: Dirk Niepoort