91 pts by Robert Parker 93 Pts by Decanter
Grapes: 100% Alicante Bouschet
Produced from the grapes of the 7 Hectares
domain “Quinta Dona Mafalda” in the
Douro region near Lamego. This wines is
from a plot of 5000 square meters.
Harvest: 3rd week of September handpicked and transported in small 20 Kgs
cases.
Vinification: Cold soaked for 3 days at 8º
Celsius. Ferments at steady 25ºC for one
week with careful pumping over and
delestage twice a day. Left to macerate for
an extra 2 weeks to insure full extraction.
Ageing: 7 months in French oak (50 % new
50% one year old); other 50% in stainless
steel.
4000 bottles produced
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.
91 pts by Robert Parker 93 Pts by Decanter
Grapes: 100% Alicante Bouschet
Produced from the grapes of the 7 Hectares
domain “Quinta Dona Mafalda” in the
Douro region near Lamego. This wines is
from a plot of 5000 square meters.
Harvest: 3rd week of September handpicked and transported in small 20 Kgs
cases.
Vinification: Cold soaked for 3 days at 8º
Celsius. Ferments at steady 25ºC for one
week with careful pumping over and
delestage twice a day. Left to macerate for
an extra 2 weeks to insure full extraction.
Ageing: 7 months in French oak (50 % new
50% one year old); other 50% in stainless
steel.
4000 bottles produced
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.