O Produtor, tasting note published in May 10th 2019
Intense garnet colour. The nose shows ripe fruit combined with soft notes of leather, wood and even a light vegetable and spicy touch. In the mouth the wine is balanced, slightly evolved and of medium structure and volume. It shows a fruity flavour, very spicy, earthy and something where the wood shows a good integration. The aftertaste has a medium length and an interesting persistence.
The old vineyard of Quinta do Fojo is a unique terroir for its natural balance from which result deep and elegant wines, complex, with round and firm tannins.
The wines produced at the estate are, depending on the year, Vinha do Fojo or Fojo. Always and exclusively from the same vineyard, an old vineyard with mixed grape varieties. They are wines of great longevity produced in the traditional way, in lagares with foot treading. We work with total respect for the vine and its fruit, without oenological practices that manipulate the final result and remove the wine from its origin: the vine.
Grape varieties: Old vineyards with mixed grape varieties where the most planted is Tinta Roriz.
Vinification: Vinified in lagares with foot treading.
Aging: Aged in French oak barrels for 23 months, 60% new and the remaining 40% from the third year.
Oenology: Margarida Serôdio Borges
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 106731
Quinta do Fojo
The wines from Quinta do Fojo are wines with very high standards and unique and unrepeatable characteristics.
We produce exclusively one wine from each of the two vineyards of Quinta do Fojo, the old vineyard from the end of the 19th century and the 30 year-old vineyard. In most years, the wine from the old vineyard is released as Vinha do Fojo, while in exceptional years it is released as Fojo. This internal classification method is only applied to the old vineyard. In the case of the 30-year-old vineyard the wine is always launched as Quinta do Fojo.
Therefore, there are two wines from each harvest: in most years Vinha do Fojo and Quinta do Fojo or, in the years we consider an exception, Fojo and Quinta do Fojo. This makes our work very different from the usual vast portfolio of wines of all qualities and styles.
The wines of Quinta do Fojo express the character of its terroir and the identity of the year, they are wines to be enjoyed at all stages of your life.
