Vale da Raposa Souso 2018 Tinto
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ProducerAlves de Sousa
RegionDouro
GrapesSousão
Alcohol14.5%vol
Serving16-18°C
| Producer | Alves de Sousa |
| Region | Douro |
| Grapes | Sousão |
| Alcohol | 14.5%vol |
| Serving | 16-18°C |
| Drinking window | Up to 10 years after the harvest |
Vale da Raposa Sousão: dark cherry, garrigue and candied orange peel, with a powerful finish.
Tasting note
Deep ruby. Dark cherry and ripe blackberry, garrigue herbs, thyme, a touch of chilli, caramelised orange peel and some mint. Plenty of fruit on the palate, with excellent acidity, depth and length, and a powerful finish.
The story
Sousão is a dark, high-acid grape, best known as part of Port blends. Here it gets a wine of its own.
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.
Food pairing
Fantastic with Iberian ham, roasts, game, smoked meats and other Mediterranean meat dishes.
Also excellent with hard cheeses.
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
16,5/20 Revista de Vinhos
PorteVinho
