Description

Conceito Contraste est un vin rouge élaboré majoritairement à prtir de Tinta roriz, Touriga franca et Touriga nacional issus de vignobles régulés sous l'appellation Douro. Ce vin est vieilli pendant 16 mois en fûts de chêne français. Le millésime 2017 à obtenu 90 points Parker.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Type de vin
Red
Millésime
2017
Alcool
14.0% vol.
Cépage
Tinta roriz, Touriga franca, Touriga nacional
Origine
Douro

Vignoble et élaboration

Année de plantation
40 ans.
Vendanges
La vendange a commencé début août et a terminé fin septembre.
Vinification
Fermentation à température comtrôlée. Fermentation malolactique en cuves.
Elevage
16 mois en fûts de chêne français.

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

The 2017 Contraste Tinto is a field blend mostly (80%) from 40-year-old vines with Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz comprising the last 20% combined (from 60-year-old vines). It was aged for 16 months in used French oak and comes in at 14% alcohol. Fresh, pointed and subtly concentrated, this is fruit forward, but it also shows good concentration and fine focus. In this big vintage, here is another red that seems fresh rather than jammy and overripe, a sign of how well producers handled strange conditions. There are ripe tannins for support and a lovely, dry finish. This is still a bit tight, but you can drink it now. It is worth leaning up for the moment, as the fruit is great—and that's the aim with this bottling these days. I'm less sure it will be this good for all of its useful life.