Wine Advocate
94/100
Reviewed by Mark Squires
Q Grande Reserva Red
Q Grande Reserva Red is the selection of our best local grapes, famous for their small, intensily fragrant fruits. Perfect to craft an age worthy characterful wine that is both generous and balanced. This wine is perfect to pair with a rich table in the celebration of great moments with family and friends. This is a dense wine, full of great black fruits.
2019
TASTING NOTES
Colour
Dark ruby, medium to full saturation
AROMA
Dominant mineral aromas of graphite, pencil shaving, with a touch of dark fruits. Precise and intense.
PALATE
Tight and focused palate with perfeclty ripe and pure red and dark fruits. Tannins are bold but docile combined with the right acidity. The minerality shows on the long finish. This wine has everything to age for many years in bottle.
Technical Information
Grape Varieties
Tinta Roriz (56%), Touriga Franca (44%)
SPECIFICATIONS
Alcohol - 14,50% Total Acidity - 5,3 (g/l) pH - 3,61 Residual Sugar - 0,6 g/l Contains sulfites
Winemaking Details
Viticulture:
Estate grown grapes, hand-harvested. Fermented: Grapes were destemmed and crushed, fermented on selected yeast, followed by a full malolactic on the naturally ocurring bacteria.
Aging:
aged for 12 months in new 500-liter French oak barrels (34% of the wine), one year-old 500-liter French oak barrels (33% of the wine), three years-old 500-liter French oak barrels (33% of the wine).
Winemaker:
Teresa Batista
FOOD PAIRING
Grilled meat, game meat, steak tartare
