Wine News
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2006 Releases
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Our new wines were released in May this year.
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"Quinta de Macedos 2002" - One of the success stories of this undervalued year.
"Lagar de Macedos 2002" - With its extra 18 months cellaring it is now ready for drinking.
"Pinga do Torto 2003" - A marriage of "old" and "new" ready for your enjoyment.
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They are all available for purchase at local stockists or through Raymond Reynolds Limited (RR) Check out the RR website at www.winesfromportugal.co.uk or call Raymond/Jackie on 01663 742 230 to place your order.
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Stock is limited to 2,500 bottles each for Quinta & Lagar and 6,300 bottles for Pinga.
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New Wine
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Pinga 2003
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This is our new release to the market and we feature a new label and bottle design.
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Made from a blend of our older vines and younger "Touriga" it is proving a popular and a valuable addition to our growing "family" of wines.
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New Web site @ www.quintamacedos.com
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Our newly designed website is ready and online.
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Working together with the team at Flipside (headed up by Alan Campbell and ably assisted by Tom Pearse) & Spherics Multimedia, we have totally restyled our web presence, offering you a more informed overview of our wines and activities during the season.
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We hope you enjoy it!
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New features include:
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Easier format for viewing and printing
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A "Quinta Club" section
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Regularly updated "Reviews" section
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Dedicated "Press" page
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Monthly "Quinta Diary" available on request will now include a pre-Vintage "snapshot" of growing conditions
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"For the Curious..." An assortment of facts and figures to help you get a feel of the landscape of the Douro
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The aim has been to give more prominence to the wines and their development, with up-to-date tasting reviews and feedback from the Vineyard. Through the "quinta diary" you can now follow the seasonal work in the Vineyard and the Winery and share our "tasting notes" on the wines, as they evolve.
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2006 Vintage
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With the vintage over and the wines now in limbo, quietly finishing off their malolactics, it seems an appropriate time coment on this Vintage.
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What worried us this year was the threat of rain.
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In early August, when we started to take control samples from the vineyard, it seemed that we were in for a typically early harvest. (Our old vines ripen early!) We were getting Brix readings of 12.5-12.7. It looked like we would be picking in very early September. Then we got 33mm of rain between the 16th-18th. Although it helped to swell the fruit and lengthen the ripening period, we worried that the rains had come too early. We waited but no more rain came until the the 13th September and then only a shower.
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We decided not to ride our luck any more so we started picking the next day.
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Only a few days later on the 21st, the Autumn rains began.
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The fruit was in great condition, althought with signs of shrivelling on some of the east facing slopes. (The direct sun exposure of these slopes will last from 6:30am until 2:30pm daily). We picked in the cool of the morning and began to fill the lagares with crushed must at 20 Celsius. Brix readings were as high as 27 in some lagares.
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Fermentation was trouble free and after 10 days we racked and pressed into vat.
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Early tastings show good promise, with lots of rich ripe aromas, and chewy ripe tannins, already evident.
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The next development stage will be in barrel and this is typically done in early January.
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We will bring you more comment on the wines at this next stage.
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