Domínio do Açor Tinta Pinheira 2021
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A historic farmhouse with spectacular heritage of old vines was acquired by a group of friends in 2021. Domínio do Açor is inserted in a fascinating atmosphere next to the medieval village of Oliveira do Conde. “Domínio” in allusion to the philosophy of making great Dão terroir wines with “domaine” grapes. And “do Açor” evoking geography, facing the Serra do Açor. With the consultancy of the master of the terroir Pedro Parra and the oenology of the talented Luís Lopes, with passage through Comtes Lafon in Burgundy and Quinta da Pellada in Dão, the style is one of elegance, freshness and granitic minerality.
Domain of Açor Tinta Pinheira 2021:
VARIETY COMPOSITION: 100% Tinta Pinheira (or Rufete). A few rows of the Rising Vineyard with a total length of 11.21 hours, 33-year-old plants.
SOIL CHARACTERISTICS: Granitic. Very well composed between soil and stone, more precisely between the lime or “silt” typical of granitic soils, with alterite or rocks degraded by chemical and physical processes of weathering, in addition to quartz and the granite parent rock. A level 5 alterite prevails throughout the vineyards in the Domain of Açor.
ENOLOGY: Crushing the grapes in a winepress, without stems, whole grapes, followed by fermentation in inert vats, at a temperature of approximately 20-24 degrees. Infusion more than extraction, with the blanket worked manually, for 12 days of maceration. Malolactic in vat. Press wine is not incorporated into the final batch. Stage on fine wood lilies for 16 months. Low addition of sulphites before bottling (59 mg/l of total sulfur dioxide).
AGEING: 16 months in a 500L Burgundy barrel, used from 2019, French oak.
STORE ESTIMATE: 12 years.
ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS: Ruby of medium intensity. The wine exudes charm and class from the first moment, with ripe red fruits, spices such as cinnamon, as well as telluric, forest and mineral notes that complete the complex olfactory picture. The mouth is of immense finesse, freshness, with very fine tannins and perfect acidity. Long and convincing ending.
ENOGASTRONOMIC GUIDELINES: Misco rice, spare ribs with carqueja rice, duck rice, stewed partridge with chestnuts and mushrooms, chicken in Minas Gerais brown sauce .
SALE LIMITED TO ONE (1) BOTTLE PER PERSON