Red Wine

A Touriga Vai Nua

Fitapreta 2021, 75cl

Alentejo

A Touriga Vai Nua

Grape Variety queen of Portuguese grapes, Touriga Nacionalis known for its floral identity. A fragile identity that fades with time, aging, and contact with the barrel. This trial presents pure Touriga, in a rare version, aged only 3 months in tank, for natural clarification. The grapes come from schist soils and fermentation occurred spontaneously. Is Touriga going naked (Touriga Vai Nua in Portuguese)? Yes! But we’ve never seen it so well-dressed!

All the grapes from Fita Preta wines come from vineyards of the highest quality, in an integrated production system, in the Alentejo region, in the south of Portugal. The vineyards are grown in very poor soils of schist or granitic origin, naturally producing very concentrated grapes. The aromatic profile is further enhanced by cultural practices such as leaf removal, shoot thinning, and green cluster thinning.

Vinification: Selective manual harvesting in 20kg boxes. Selection on sorting table. Tank filling by gravity. Spontaneous alcoholic and malolactic fermentations. 15-day maceration.

Aging: 3 months of aging in stainless steel without contact with the barrel.

Winemaker: António Maçanita.

Pairs with both white and red meat dishes, in both traditional and modern cuisine.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

António Maçanita

Joana and António Maçanita had a dream, create a wine with unique style, shaped to the personality of the two winemakers. The opportunity arises for the Douroregion, where Joana performs most of her professional activity. Among the terraces and long lines of vineyards, she’s faced with very special grapes, impossible to remain indifferent, Joana called António and challenged him for their first trip. In 2011 the roots are posted for the project of brother and sister, and Dourowas just the right spot. Following the same guideline and quality of the work done in other projects, António and Joana, believe that, the work on the vineyards is very important to achieve the best quality for their wines. The vineyards are located in the Douro, Sub-Region of Cima Corgo near the village of Pinhão. Maçanita Vinhos, carefully chosen their vineyards to fit the right profile, of concentration, richness and freshness. Brother and sister walked together the vineyards in every important operation that defines the quality and health of the grapes. With a enology based in the respect for the fruit, in which the extraction of color and structure of the grapes is made in a soft and slow process. The Maçanita wines are a pure expression of oenology “by Maçanita”, fruit above all.