Alves de Sousa Abandonado A vineyard over 80 years old, with several lacks due to a partial abandonment for some years. Situated on a slope with intense sun exposure and great pieces of shale on the surface. The people of the estate always knew it as the “Vine of the Abandoned one” (pt. Vinha do Abandonado). For years we’ve tried to recover the vineyard and to replant the deceased grape vines. But we were forced to give up. Even with all our care only the original and most resistant ones we’re able to subsist in such extreme conditions. In 2004, we’ve decided to isolate it in our winery for the first time. It showed immediately a unique personality and character. We’ve decided to bottle it as our very personal homage to the also unique old vines of the Douro. Today we celebrate them, deep ruby colour .Great aromatic complexity and freshness, with quite unique(but typical from the Abandonado vineyard)balsamic and tar flavours, liquorice and black berries. Pure refinement, with delicacy, minerality and an extraordinary purity of fruit. It feels the schist, the surrounding forest, the freshness of the altitude, in a pure expression of the vineyard’s nature. An exercise of pure elegance and class of one of the most iconic vineyards of the Douro and Portugal. Producer: Alves de Sousa Region: Douro, Portugal Style: Red Wine Grapes: Tinta Amarela Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Sousão, outras (20 indigenous grapes field-blend) Bottle Size: 75cl Alcohol: 14.5% Serving Temperature: 16–18ºC
