Description
| Year | 2021 |
| País | Portugal |
| Region | Douro |
| Classification | Doc Douro |
| Location | Quinta de São Xisto |
| Soil | Xistoso de baixo potencial produtivo e acentuado declive. |
| Grape varieties | Predomina a Touriga Nacional e Franca, combinadas com outras castas tradicionais da região. |
| Viticultural Year | O ano vitícola de 2020/21 caracterizou-se por algumas oscilações nos valores de temperatura e precipitação anual relativamente ao valor histórico, considerando-se um ano normal e seco. |
| Enologist | Jorge Coutinho |
| Vinification | As uvas são vindimadas para caixas de 20 kg e rececionadas na Adega (Alta Pontuação). À triagem manual e desengace segue-se o esmagamento em lagar de granito com pisa tradicional, processando-se a maceração e fermentação alcoólica entre o lagar e as cubas de inox. |
| Maturation | Após a fermentação, em lagares de granito com pisa a pé e controlo de temperatura, a maturação ocorre ao longo de 12 meses, num blend de cubas de inox e barricas de carvalho francês. |
| Storing | Depois de engarrafado, deve estagiar 2 meses em garrafa para ser desfrutado em pleno, com a certeza de que beneficiará com maturação em garrafa, mantendo todas as suas características intactas ao longo de pelo menos 10 anos. |
| EnjoyING | Servir entre 16°-18°, ideal para acompanhar pratos mais intensos, carnes e queijos. |
| Tasting Notes | Ruby in colour. On the nose, wild, red and black fruit, real forest fruit, with shrubby notes. On the palate, there's a high altitude freshness, polished tannins and a slight woodiness, very well integrated. A high ageing potential can be seen. |
| Technical details | 14% álcool, 5,0 g/dm3 acidez total, 0,9 g/dm3 açúcar total e 85 kcal/100ml valor calórico. |
| Producer | Maria Virginia Costa Almeida |
RR –
What a surprising wine. Complex flavours, with notes of red fruit perhaps in the form of jam. It's a vigorous wine that will live for years and will gain and strengthen its complexity over the course of the first 5 or 10 years. The truth is that it shouldn't come as a surprise. The raw materials come from vineyards that have already produced some of the Douro's best wines, and the winery was run by an oenologist with proven track records in some of the ex-libris of Portuguese "vinology"... MVCA and Jorge Coutinho joined forces at a good time. My Christmas choice is already made. Unbeatable value for money.
MA –
D. Cremilde is the most balanced wine I've drunk recently. It's full-bodied but smooth. An aroma and texture that complement its strong flavour. For me, it's already a benchmark for Douro wines.
HS –
Very well-balanced wine, well-defined fruit on the nose, good persistence, well supported by the acidity of high altitude winemaking, excellent value for money.
RT –
I had the pleasure of tasting a Douro 2021 red wine, from the Alto Douro region in Portugal, and I was impressed. The intense ruby colour immediately foreshadows a promising experience. The aroma is floral and fruity, revealing notes of ripe cherries and violets. It's clearly a jewel among the Douro 2021 wines. An experience I will remember and recommend to all lovers of quality mature wines.