Importer's Corner 2021 Casa Da Coelheira Red Reserva, Tejo, Portugal

Dark and deep color. Complex aroma which combines the ripe fruit notes,  with some spicy and smoked resulting from aging in oak barrels. In the mouth  is a powerful wine with great body where we have the same feeling obtained  in aroma - very clear fruit with very nice vanilla notes. It is very gastronomic, with firm tannins but already well tamed for immediate consumption,  although the structure allows the wine to age a number of years.

Made with grapes from the Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca and Cabernet Sauvignon varieties, it is fermented in mechanical presses that simulate the traditional foot treading. After fermentation, it ages for 12 months in French and American oak barrels.

Casal da Coelheira is a family owned estate  alongside the great Tagus River (Rio Tejo in  Portuguese), just one hour from Lisbon.  The 64 hectares of vineyards benefit from  the Mediterranean climate and the sandy  soils which stress the vines. A small pine tree forest inside the farm provides  a home to a wide range of animals. The most  abundant, the rabbit (coelho in Portuguese),  gave his name to the Estate - “Casal da Coelheira,” roughly translated “little farm where the  rabbits are born.”