Antonio Madeira Dão A Palheira Tinto 2018
$86.00 inc. GST
AROMA: Great finesse, spring flowers, crystal fruit, resins and minerals combine.
PALATE: Elegant, very fresh, full of energy, gastronomic. Long finish.
FOOD MATCH: Grilled meats, pasta with red sauce, flavourful cheeses.
PRODUCTION : 2000 bottles
Grape Variety: Field blend of 20 native grape varieties, where the main is Baga.
Drinking window: 2025-2040
Alc. 13, 50%
15 in stock
Description
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.
2018 was a very hard year, we lost 60% of our grapes, mainly because of 3 months of rain between mid-April and mid-July and also because of 4 days of hot winds of 45°C that burned 30% of our grapes. Harvest started on September 23rd. 2018 was also our first vintage in biodynamics.
A Palheira 2018 is a blend of 2 of the best old vineyards cultivated by Antonio, one 60 years old vine where the Baga dominates, and a 100 years old vine where pink granite gives a special character to the wine. The wines of these 2 vines where so good in 2018 that we decided to bottle it separately from the others old vineyards that usually goes to the blend of « Vinhas Velhas » red wine. So A Palheira 2018 shows the best results that we achieve in 2018 reds.
Additional Information
| brand | Antonio Madeira |
|---|---|
| size | 750ml |
| vintage | 2018 |
| Organic | Organic and biodynamic practices |
Reviews / Ratings / Awards
Winefront
Antonio Madeira Dão A Palheira Tinto 2018 – 94 / 100 Points
In terms of interest, I’m pretty keen to do an intensive tour of Portugal to get on the ground and get amongst the vines and producers. The 2017 of this was smoking, though I believe 2018 was a more difficult year. Still. Producer. Producer. Producer, to paraphrase a real estate person. Violet, blue fruit, but with a kind of autumnal and mulchy character, but still lots of earth and pencil and crushed stone character. It’s a little sappy and zesty in acidity, an orange zest flavour in the mix, cola nut with lemon/peach ice tea, fine dense tannin, not quite there in terms of typical ‘oomph’, but still a whole load of ‘mineral’, slate and distinctive regional quality. Strawberry, almond and tobacco on a finish of good length. They made a good wine, from a tricky vintage.
– Gary Walsh
