Tasting Recap 12/11/24
Dominó Sao Bento (Portalegre) , 2023
White Field Blend
A traditional white field blend of Pérola, Arinto, Rabo de Ovelha, Alicante Branco and Tamarez.
Granite and clay soils at 640m altitude. From the Northern slopes of the vineyard give a high-toned herbaceous aromatic profile and incredible freshness.
Direct press, fermentation in stainless, aged for 1 year in 1400L old oak.
$28 L.U.C - 7.5% pouring
Quinta do Infantado (Douro) Rabigato 2022
100% Rabigato.
From 1 hectare of vines planted from massale selections in 2014.
Classic Douro schist.
Hand-harvested and destemmed.
Steel ferment, wild yeast (as per all Infantado wine).
Aged on lees in stainless for 11 months.
$28 L.U.C - 7.5% pouring
Humus Rose (Lisboa), 2022
Touriga Nacional
100% Touriga Nacional.
Slow direct whole bunch pressing.
Fermented in steel and aged in old oak barrique on its lees for 1 year.
$30 L.U.C - 5% pouring
João Tavares de Pina (JTP) Rose, 2022
Rufete, Touriga Nacional
A blend of 60% Rufete and 40% Touriga Nacional co-fermented in stainless. Young vines grown in shale and clay soils at 550m altitude.
Early picked for freshness.
100% de-stemmed. 9 months on lees in stainless.
$25 L.U.C - 7.5% pouring
João Tavares de Pina (JTP) Clarete, 2022
Rufete, Touriga Nacional
A traditional style of red wine using short maceration times.
50% whole bunch.
3-day maceration.
Stainless ferment and 9 months on stainless on lees.
Best chilled.
$26 L.U.C - 7.5% pouring
Dominó Colar (Colares), 2022
Castelão Blend
Made from a blend of Castelão, Caladoc and Aragonez from the sandy limestone and clay beachside vineyards of Colares.
50% whole bunch, macerated for five days, and 50% de-stemmed whole grapes macerated in stainless steel for five days.
Fermented and aged in stainless to retain purity and freshness.
$28 L.U.C - 7.5% pouring
Quinta do Infantado Roseira Red (Douro) , 2015 Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca +
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and a small amount of many more classic Douro varieties.
All Estate fruit from the families exclusively A-class vineyards.
Partly de-stemmed fruit is fermented with native yeasts in lagar.
Aged seven months in stainless steel tanks and then twenty months in 300-litre French oak barrels (with a portion of new oak).
This is current release so specifically long bottle age is very much intentional to tame the robustness of fruit, in the mold of vintage port.
$45 L.U.C