White Wine

Maria Mansa

2023, 75cl

Douro

Maria Mansa

The wine Maria Mansa is produced by Quinta do Noval from grapes of classic white varieties of the Douro, carefully selected from the highest areas of the Demarcated Region of the Douro, which are the most favorable for white wine production.

2022 will stand out as a remarkably dry year. Dry conditions throughout the season, along with very low water reserves, restricted vine growth, which in turn produced smaller clusters with smaller berries. The resulting wines show good character, balanced acidity, and beautiful floral and fruity aromas.

Vinification: 100% of the wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks at a temperature of 15°C for a period of 20 days. Malolactic fermentation is not carried out.

Aging: The entire wine matured in stainless steel tanks to promote its fruity and floral characteristics. The wine is stirred once a week for three months before stabilization.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Quinta do Noval

The property, with 145 hectares dominating the Pinhão Valley, is the soul and essence of Quinta do Noval. The soil is essentially composed of schist rock, making all vineyard work particularly difficult. Quinta do Noval replanted, since 1994, 100 hectares of vineyard with the noblest grape varieties of the Douro region, adapting pruning methods to the typology of the plots. The plots were replanted in batches of a single variety, each one chosen according to the characteristics of each parcel of land: altitude, sun exposure, and vine planting type.

Today, plots planted with mixed grape varieties are progressively disappearing from the Douro Valley. Noval was a pioneer in this trend, being the first to replant vineyards while conserving intact the magnificent traditional terraces with their walls of schist stone.

Quinta do Noval is the only historic Port wine shipper to bear the name of its estate. The identity of Quinta do Noval is rooted in its terroir.

The consistency of style of Quinta do Noval’s Vintage Ports over the decades is one of the particularities of Quinta do Noval in the world of Port. Consistency simply because all Vintage Ports come from a single vineyard, a magical place.

The place is so beautiful, so remarkable, that the idea of being part of something greater than us, that existed before us, and will exist after us, is always present. The notion of continuity is fundamental: our obligation to the past, our responsibility in the present for the vineyard and its wines, and our obligations to future generations who will tend the vineyard and produce wine as we do today.

Address

Quinta do Noval Vinhos, S.A.

Av. Diogo Leite, 256
4400-111 Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal