CARPE NOCTEM DOURO EDITION RED WINE
Who drinks it | Voyeur
Hour | The most adequate
Flavor | Sweet, of victory
Goes well with… A dose of adrenalin and an ounce of spying
Have you ever felt watched? In the traffic, in the office, by the window of your bedroom? For sure, at some occasion, someone had their eyes on you. Nobody touched you but, without knowing, you were a target of desire. You are looking at an object of pleasure. Take a good look… Don’t resist to the dare!
Touch, feel, smell and drink Carpe Noctem Douro Edition red wine.
Moments like this are one in a million.
Classification | Douro CDO
Type | red wine
Volume | 14,5%
Year | 2015 The very dry winter and above-average temperatures in spring and summer determined the early start of the harvest. Despite the high temperatures, there were no extreme heat and during the harvest the weather remained dry, providing a remarkable quality of the grapes, which resulted in wines with fruity, intense and persistent aromas
Soil | Schistose, quite rocky and very skeletal. The berries are very small, typically oval and, due to the skeletal soils, the production of this vineyard is low, resulting in wines of great power and concentration
Winemaking | The grapes that give rise to this wine come from schist soils, from the traditional Douro terraces. We are in a region of unique terroir where we have selected Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Tinta Roriz for the production of this edition of Carpe Noctem Douro Edition. The harvest is done manually into 20kg boxes to be transported to the winery, where the grapes are unloaded and selected on the mat of choice. They are then de-stemmed and crushed. The grapes ferment in a press where they are trodden daily until the fermentation ends
Aging | Aged for 12 months in French and American oak. After bottling, another 8 months of aging in bottle followed
Color | Intense ruby
Bouquet | In the nose floral aromas, fruity and minty notes characteristic of the varieties together with French oak notes from the aging in barrels
Taste | This wine has a balanced flavor, good relationship between acidity and depth, with retronasal aromas present
Aftertaste | Thin, harmonious and quite long
Food Pairing | Goes with red meat, game and cheese
Wine Architect
- Touriga Nacional 50%
- Touriga Franca 30%
- Tinta Roriz 20%
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