Quinta Dona Mafalda, Vinhas Velhas 2015

This first wine from Quinta Dona Mafalda shows full
colour with wonderful hit of bilberry and violets on the
nose,leading to a chocolatey, trufey melange of black
and red fruits. Young and juicy, with strong but soft and
elegant tannins. Tons of potential. Delicious. Home of
ancestral traditions, Quinta Dona Mafalda is located on
the left bank of the Douro River, in the Alto Douro Wine
Region territory, classifed by UNESCO as World Heritage.
It’s here, that all the magic begins, with the Douro River
as backdrop and a hillside bathed in sunlight, filling our
generous schist soil, with energy, to enrich our most noble
grape varieties, planted in about seven hectares.

Our estate Quinta Dona Mafalda, produces every year approximately 30,000 liters of wine, on nearly 7 hectares.

The distribution of the vine varieties is quite homogeneous with Touriga Nacional, Tinto Roriz, Touriga Franca and Souzão. One third of the estate is still (and will remain so!) with 'old vines'. In 2014 and 2015 we invested a lot, by replanting part of the estate and grubbing up, in some cases, one foot on two, to give them more 'space' to live.