João Guedes, tasting note published in May 25th 2020
The wine is clean and bright with a ruby color. With aroma of pear, orange, blackberries, and mushrooms, the barrel is present but is not overlapping. On the palate, we feel balsamic notes, ripe tannins and balanced end of the mouth. As a perfect match, I recommend a typical portuguese dish: “feijoada”.
It is a blend where the Touriga Nacionalcaste is predominant, with the denomination IG Lisboa (IGP – Indicação Geográfica Protegida). Grapes of the Touriga Nacional(80%), Pinot Noir (10%) and Syrah (10%) varieties, harvested in “Vinha dos Versos” and “Vinha Porto Olho”, both located in Quinta do Porto Nogueira, a terroir in the region of Lisbon. The vines are cultivated using sustainable practices and their production is certified by the “Integrated Production Standards”. In soil maintenance, special attention is given to the combate of erosion and the increase of organic matter content. We resort to non-mobilization of the soil and to the application of manure of natural origin. About 30% of this wine was aged in French oak barrels for 6 months. Bottling, labeling and finishing was carried out in our Cellar.
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 104111
Casa Romana Vini
In the lands that today constitute Quinta do Porto Nogueira and Quinta da Escusa, the family began to plant vineyards, privileging the terroirs once occupied by old vines, always with the objective of producing exceptional grapes and making unique wines, originated in Quinta Nogueira , Quinta da Escusa and Quinta da Página. Quinta do Porto Nogueira is located in Alguber, in the municipality of Cadaval, about 70 km west of Lisbon. In the first half of the eighteenth century, it was always owned by the same family and was donated to the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, around 1980. Since 2004 it is a Romana Vini estate. Quinta da Escusa is located in Senhora da Escusa, in the municipality of Rio Maior, about 70 km northeast of Lisbon, between the villages of Quintas and Vale Barco. Part of the Quinta da Escusa estate belonged to the grandparents and parents of the current owners who, over the decades, exercised agriculture and viticulture. The secular house of Quinta do Porto Nogueira is set against the Roman Bridge over the Arnóia river, which would be the passage of the Roman road that linked Collippo (near Leiria) to Eburobrittium (Óbidos) and that followed to Olisipo (Lisbon). The bridge is testimony to the presence of the Romans in the region and inspired the name Romana Vini, Family Winery.
Address
Quinta do Porto Nogueira 2550-012 Alguber, Cadaval, Portugal.
