Quinta do Crasto - Douro Tinto 2022

Quinta do Crasto - Douro Tinto 2022The earliest records mentioning Quinta do Crasto and its wine production date back to 1615. It later received Feitoria status (the highest vineyard classification of the time), together with the other noteworthy estates of the Douro Valley. Between 1758 and 1761, the Marquis of Pombal ordered the installation of 335 granite markerseach standing two metres high and 30 x 20 centimetresto delineate the first ever Demarcated Region in the world. One of

their holdings are dominated by Pinot Noir

The folks at LaStella celebrate the sun that ripens their grapes and brings warmth to their life

This bush vine chenin was planted in 1982 in the Joubertskloof on the Paardeberg Mountain

The limestone gives a buzzy salinity to the whole

and grape variety

fermentation in vats is followed by fermentation in the bottle

heady sapid red florals

Grüner Veltliner and St

contribute their small grape production

Altos las Hormigas

Most of his work focuses on white wines but he also makes very well-structured reds

the most substantial being Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG