Alvaro Castro: Quinta da Pellada Alto 2017

Alvaro Castro: Quinta da Pellada Alto 2017

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Baga, Tinta Amarela, Touriga Nacional, Alvarelhao, Tinta Pinheira, Alfrocheiro
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rød, tør
13,0% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2024–2042
Pakket ind i: 6s
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silkeblød og aromatisk
voluminøs og kraftfuld
rig på tanniner
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Lobenberg: 96+/100
Parker: 94/100
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Portugal, Dao
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Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Quinta da Pellada Alto 2017

96+
/100

Meget koncentreret næse. Indeholder også gammel Touriga Nacional, som vinificeres separat i nogle år. Noter af mørk marmelade og ristet brød i munden. Også masser af røde bær og kirsebærsmag. Meget kompleks og utrolig lang. Kvalitetsmæssigt på niveau med de store rødvine fra Douro (men som en slank, uendelig lang Cote Rotie i modsætning til de federe, kraftige vine fra Chateauneuf), men et forbillede for finesse og delikatesse på grund af granitjorden og det køligere klima, med tryk og ekstremt ren definition, altid lige ud ad landevejen. Ekstremt kraftig rød frugt og rigt tryk med silkeagtige, men intense tanniner. Verdensklasse! 96+/100

94
/100

Parker om: Quinta da Pellada Alto

The 2017 Alto Quinta da Pellada was aged for 18 months in well-used French oak (a big drop from the first I saw). It comes in at just 13% alcohol. This is one of a trio of wines this issue that owner Álvaro Castro has issued with old-style labels as an exercise in terroir. Normally, Pellada is a blend of several blocks, but it also comes out this way now—with single blocks. Unfortunately, the single block is only noted on the back label, which is rather confusing when there are two this year. The Alto is a field blend from the highest parcel (although by less than ten meters—the differences are more in the soil). Other parcels often used include the Casa (also made in 2017), the "most exposed" corner, with a different soil type, and the "49," the middle parcel. The principal identified grapes are Alvarelhão, Tinta Pinheira, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Amarela, Alfrocheiro and Baga. This will be released in December. Fresher and lighter than the Casa, this has brightness that is appealing but not as much depth. It may have every bit as much power, though, even if they both show controlled rather than astringent tannins. Just bottled about ten days earlier, this obviously needs some time to come together and become more expressive, but it certainly looks like a beauty.

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Da Alvaro Castro flyttede til quintaen nær Serra d'Estrela-nationalparken i Dao i 1980, var vindyrkning stadig en gammel familietradition for ham. Men det var her i denne vilde og uspolerede region, at den uddannede civilingeniør begyndte at udvikle en passion for vin og genoplive de vinmarker, der...

Quinta da Pellada Alto 2017