Douro Dop Red

This incredibly delicious Portuguese dry red is made of 100% estate grapes : Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional and some old field-blend red varieties from two sustainably farmed sites (Serra Douro & Serra de Cotas) totaling eleven and one-half hectares and including the classic Douro blend of varieties in old parcels.  Vinified with partly de-stemmed fruit then fermented with native yeasts in lagar; the wine is aged eight months in tank and twenty-eight months in 300-liter French oak barrels (little to no new oak). It was almost Bordeaux-like in its flavor and style, yet will please the Cabernet lover as well. Black cherry, dark plum and Asian spices abound... pair with gamey roast pork or lamb, eggplant and herb roasted vegetables in particular. A winter stew or chili will also be fantastic with this beauty.  Quinta do Infantado was founded in 1816 in the Cima Corgo sub-region of the Douro--considered its finest zone for both Port and dry wines--by the Portuguese crown