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Primado Family Cellar Edition Red 2013
47,90 €
With very limited production, Primado Red is a rare wine of great complexity and unusual longevity. It has an intense, brick-red colour. In the aromas, the fruit is very present, revealing strength and youthfulness. Notes of forest and hints of toast and vanilla blend harmoniously. The acidity, which is very present in the mouth, envelops the fine tannins, revealing great character and making it especially elegant. It promises a long life in the bottle.
| Producer | Producer: Manuel Pereira de Melo Oenology: Patrícia Santos |
| Region | Dão |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional (60%), Tinta Roriz (25%), Alfrocheiro, Jaen and Tinta Pinheira (15%) |
| Soil | Vineyard with 2 hectares located in Santa Comba Dão, surrounded by the Estrela, Caramulo and Lousã mountain ranges, in an area capable of producing centenary wines, Quinta do Coladinho is a place that reveals a unique sense and characteristics that combine in a rare balance. |
| Winemaking | Pre-fermentation maceration and fermentation at controlled temperature in granite mill with foot treading. |
| Aging | 12 months in stainless steel, at least 24 months in French oak barrels and a long period in the bottle. |
| Capacity | 750 ml |
| Volume | Alcohol by Volume: 13% |
| Temperature | 16ºC - 18ºC |
| Harmonizations | Red meats, matured meats, game, cod, fatty baked fish, cheeses and chocolate desserts. |
Great wines are not born by chance. The exceptional conjunction of climatic and geological conditions combine to form a rare balance.
Located in Santa Comba Dão, in Quinta do Coladinho, the vineyard planted at the beginning of the 90s covers about 2 hectares in a place that reveals a sense and characteristics very own. The granitic-sandy soil is typical of the region. The climate marked by the mountain ranges of Estrela, Caramulo, and Lousã, that surrounds it, is also influenced by the proximity to the reservoir and Aguieira water dam. The humidity caused by the morning mists provides balanced and slow maturations, thus achieving a wine very concentrated in tannins and fruit.
The objective was the production of a wine of great complexity and elegance, a wine of subtle and complex aromas, intense but with delicate structure in the mouth. Another purpose was to achieve aging capacity, a characteristic that distinguishes great wines. To avoid its consumption too young, which would lead to the loss of part of its potential, the commercialization of Primado is only made after prolonged stages that provide structure and complexity of aromas and flavors providing its consumption in a better moment, when it begins to reach the maturity.
