Antonio Madeira Dão A Palheira Tinto 2019

António Madeira, who is French of Portuguese descent, has his roots in the foothills of Serra da Estrela. Since 2010, António Madeira has been researching, the places in this sub-region, that our ancestors elected as the best for vine, those that we might call the «Grands Crus of the Dão highlands» and found a series of old vines that are distinctive because of the authenticity of their grape varieties, the characteristics and nuances of their granite soils and sun exposures.

2019 was a good year with fresh and ripe grapes. 2019 was also our second vintage in biodynamics.
A Palheira 2019 is a blend of 3 of the best old vineyards cultivated by Antonio. The wines of these vines where so good in 2019 that we decided to bottle it separetly from the others old vineyards that usuallu goes to the blend of « Vinhas Velhas » red wine. So A Palheira 2019 shows the best results that we achieve in 2019 reds. Named after the small building for tools in the vineyard, as opposed to a grand Château. It’s a special blend from various single plots. It’s a premier cru where the single vineyards are grand cru and the vinhas velhas is village.

Lots of Baga in this.