Manoella tinto 2023
Region: Douro
Producer: Wine & Soul
Manoella is the second estate of Sandra Tavares and Jorge Borges, located slightly higher than the Pintas vineyard. Here too they produce intensely tasting Douro wines.Classy wine with a beautiful purple color. Intense and fresh notes of blackberries, raspberries and herbs on the nose. This red wine shows a strange purity of taste, with dark plums and followed, supported by elegant tannins and good freshness.
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | 60% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz and 5% Tinta Francisca |
| Drinking window | 2025-2030 |
| Alc. | 13.5% |
| Vinification | The grapes were destemmed and crushed with their feet in open fermentation vats. The fermentation lasted 8 days. |
| Ripening | 16 months in oak |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
The entry-level wine of the estate that also makes the Manoella VV, and it shares its method: destemmed, foot-trodden in open vats, eight days of fermentation, sixteen months of French oak. On the nose blackberry, raspberry and spice; in the mouth dark plum and spice. Power eleven against complexity nine — a wine that fills first and tells afterwards.
Drie gerechten die werken
Grilled beef brochette with smoked paprika
Pork tenderloin with prunes and red wine
Roast chicken thighs with bay and garlic
Pork tenderloin with prunes and red wine
Roast chicken thighs with bay and garlic
Vegetarisch
Grilled cauliflower with turmeric and raisins
Minder geschikt bij
Raw fish and light vegetable dishes.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Arroz de carqueja com cabrito — rice with gorse and kid goat, from the interior of the north
Serveren op 16 °C
The producer
Wine & Soul
Wine and Soul started in 2001 as the life's work of Sandra Tavares da Silva and Jorge Serôdio Borges, both winemakers and then newlyweds. They were determined to make high-level wine and almost immediately succeeded in gaining international recognition for their wine.
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