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Oscar’s Organic Red

Our commitment to organic viticulture results in this exuberant and concentrated red wine, the best that nature can provide. While displaying intense and concentrated flavours, this wine remains fresh and balanced on the palate, with lovely fruit richness encompassing its defined tannins.

2019

TASTING NOTES

Colour

Dark ruby color with purple reflects

AROMA

Fruity aromas of great intensity and deeply layered with notes of field berries, dark cherries and cassis.

PALATE

Medium to full body, this wine combines the tight tannins with a great expression of dark fruit and spices lingering on a long finish with chocolate accents.

PRESS COMMENTS & ACCOLADES

Oscar’s Organic Red 2019

88/100
Mark Squires

The 2019 Oscar’s Red Organic is a 61/39 blend of Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional, partly (only 10% of the juice) aged for 10 months in used French oak. It comes in at 14.7% alcohol. This is the debut release of this organic brand, sourced from Quinta do Trovisca. This is a very different wine than the regular Oscar’s, with more than a point extra of alcohol and a different blend. So, don’t expect it to be just an organic version. This has a lot more stuffing, more intensity of fruit flavor, and it’s just a bigger wine. The tannins are still very ripe, so you can approach this now. It is very soft, perhaps to a fault. As ripe as the fruit is, it doesn’t project a jammy mouthfeel. It still feels elegant, although it certainly lacks the silky freshness of the regular Oscar’s. Overall, this is nicely done. The only remaining question is whether it can age a bit and improve. There, I have some doubts. While I think this is the better wine to some extent, in casual summer circumstances I can certainly see why many (perhaps including me) would prefer the regular Oscar’s at a given moment for its freshness. It is more a matter of style than quality. June 2021.

Technical Information

Grape Varieties

Touriga Franca (61%), Touriga Nacional (39%)

SPECIFICATIONS

Alcohol - 14,5% Total Acidity - 5,3 (g/l) pH - 3,64 Contains sulfites

Winemaking Details

Viticulture:
The year of 2019 started with a earlier growth cycle, but throughout the late Spring and Summer months it slowed down and picking days where in line with average. Despite the heavy rain of April, the weather conditions evolved well and we got healthy bunches at harvest. Organic hand-harvested Quinta da Trovisca vineyard grapes.

Fermentation:
destemmed and crushed grapes. Part of the wine aged in French oak barrels and the other part in stainless steel tanks.

Winemaker:
Teresa Batista

FOOD PAIRING

Summer barbecue, stews

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