Alves de Sousa Vale de Raposa Touriga Nacional 2015
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ProducerAlves de Sousa
RegionDouro
GrapesTouriga Nacional
Ageing12 months in French oak (35% new)
Alcohol14.5%vol
| Producer | Alves de Sousa |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Touriga Nacional |
| Ageing | 12 months in French oak (35% new) |
| Alcohol | 14.5%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C, decant half an hour ahead |
| Drinking window | Up to 15 years after the harvest |
| Scores | Silver IWC 2019 |
Vale da Raposa Touriga Nacional 2015: red fruit and spice, full and powerful.
Tasting note
Deep ruby. Complex and elegant, with red fruit and some spice. Full, rich and powerful, with plenty of body, firm but well-integrated tannins and an intense, long, elegant finish.
The story
Quinta do Vale da Raposa borders Quinta da Gaivosa. The family bought its roughly 18 hectares in the late 1980s, and it was here that the first own wine was made in 1991, a white.
The wine aged for 12 months in French oak, 35% new and 65% second use.
Food pairing
Delicious with oven-roast kid (a Beira Alta classic), roast pork and hare stewed in red wine.
The producer
Winemaking is a family tradition for Domingos Alves de Sousa: his father Edmundo and his grandfather Domingos were already Douro winegrowers. Trained as a civil engineer, in 1987 he devoted himself fully to the quintas he had inherited. For years he supplied grapes to big houses such as Casa Ferreirinha and Borges. After the crisis of the late 1980s and the disastrous 1988 harvest, he decided to make and bottle his own wine. He built a winery at Quinta da Gaivosa and in 1992 released his first wine, the Quinta do Vale da Raposa Branco 1991.
Revista de Vinhos named him Producer of the Year in 1999 and 2006: he was the first ever to win the title twice. Since 2002 his son Tiago, who holds a doctorate in viticulture, has been the winemaker. The family uses only grapes from its own six quintas: Gaivosa, Vale da Raposa, Caldas, Estação, Aveleira and Oliveirinha.
Critics & Awards
Silver – International Wine Challenge 2019
86/100 Decanter World Wine Awards | Tasted: Jun 2018
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