Red Wine

Mirabilis

2021, 75cl

Douro

Mirabilis

The Mirabilis Red is inspired by the lineage of the world’s great wines, where textures, aromas, gravity, and transparency are created. After the meticulous selection of the best plots and a manicured harvest, this batch confronts the origin of the raw material, setting aside the concept of terroir. It’s a unique wine, not replicable year after year, with a heterogeneous composition of small quantities, a few liters of each of our best barrels, going through a long tasting expertise until the final result. The Mirabilis reflects the viticultural years with increased depth from Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, manifesting in a dense, intense aroma, three-dimensional, with enormous physical persistence, deep, and very precise wine. A wine that transcends our understanding… and calmly approaches human maturity.

Additional oenology notes: 100% destemmed. Aging: 12 months in new French oak barrels; barrel selection. Bottled in January 2023.

Winemaker: Jorge Alves
Viticulture: Ana Mota

Awards

2021 | 95 pts, Highly Recommended, Revista de Vinhos, Portugal
2021 | 19 pts, Revista Vinho Grandes Escolhas, Portugal
2021 | 19 pts, Prestige, Revista Paixão pelo Vinho, Portugal
2021 | 93 pts, Público – Fugas, Portugal
2021 | 94 pts, Cellar Selection, Wine Enthusiast, Roger Voss, USA
2021 | 92 pts, jamessuckling.com
2021 | 92 pts, Wine Spectator, Alison Napjus, USA
2019 | 95 pts, Wine Advocate, Robert Parker, Mark Squires, USA
2019 | 18.5 pts and Highly Recommended, Revista de Vinhos, Portugal
2019 | 18.5 pts, Revista Vinho Grandes Escolhas, Portugal
2017 | 19 pts and Highly Recommended, Revista de Vinhos, Portugal
2017 | 96-98 pts, Wine Advocate, Robert Parker, Mark Squires, USA
2015 | 94-96 pts, Wine Advocate, Robert Parker, Mark Squires, USA
2015 | 18.5 pts, Revista Vinho Grandes Escolhas, Portugal
2015 | 18.5 pts, Revista de Vinhos, Portugal
2015 | 18 pts, João Paulo Martins, Portugal
2015 | 19 pts, Revista Evasões, Portugal
2013 | 93 pts, Wine Spectator, USA
2013 | 18 pts, Revista de Vinhos, Portugal
2013 | 18 pts and Best of the Year, Guia João Paulo Martins, Portugal
2011 | Gold and Best Red 2013, Revista Baco, Marcelo Copello, Brazil
2011 | 94 pts, Wine Anorak, United Kingdom
2011 | 97 pts, Wine Advocate, Robert Parker, Mark Squires, USA

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo

Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is a place of extreme beauty in the heart of Douro valley and owned by Amorim family since 1999.
The family connection to the wine comes from afar, through its connection with the export houses of Vila Nova de Gaia in the cork business. Meanwhile the dream came true and the project is now in the hands of the 4th generation of the family.
With a story longer than 250 years, the property displays conserved structures and the cellar original building from 1764, after interventions by the architect Arnaldo Barbosa.
But the «quinta» is much earlier than this and history confirms it as a great land belonging to the Portuguese Royal House, having been identified its first owner in 1725.
The winery produced more than 3,500 barrels of wine from neighboring estates and it was soon ‘integrated in the first demarcation of the region’. The historic sites that are still preserved give notice to this historic weight.
An entrepreneur spirit and family vision did however the difference because, combined with a passionate commitment to the future, determined the beginning of multiple changes to a path of oenological excellence.

Address

Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, S.A

Quinta Nova
5085-222 Covas do Douro – Portugal