Manoella tinto 2023
Region: Douro
Producer: Wine & Soul
Why we chose this wine
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.
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 | 2026-2033 |
| 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
What the critics say
JancisRobinson.com
16,5/ 20
Tasted 06-03-2026
Drink: 2026–2033
Drink: 2026–2033
Full bottle 1,349 g. Vineyards in the Vale de Mendiz in the Pinhão Valley. A blend of 60% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz and 5% Tinta Francisca, 43-year-old vines. The harvest started on 3 September in perfect weather conditions. Fermented in stainless-steel tanks for 8 days. Aged in neutral French oak barrels for 21 months. TA 5.6 g/l, pH 3.6.
Deep crimson with purplish rim. Pure, stony and scented dark fruits – fruit and minerality in equal measure. This is beautifully balanced with smooth, very fine tannins, lots of freshness and pure, non-sweet dark and dark-red fruit. Elegant, fine-boned, juicy yet refined. GV
— Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
92/ 100
Published 16-04-2026
Drink: 2025–2030
Drink: 2025–2030
“The harmonious and approachable red 2023 Manoella Tinto was produced with grapes from 43-year-old vines, four varieties (60% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz and 5% Tinta Francisca) but still mixed in the vineyard in Quinta de Manoella on rich soils. It's a cooler place because of the forest around it, and the wine has a moderate 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.6 and 5.6 grams of acidity. It's medium-bodied and balanced, with fine tannins. It matured in well-seasoned, neutral oak barrels for 16 months. 76,435 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2024.”
— Luis Gutiérrez, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
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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