Quinta de Chocapalha Red (Lisboa)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Portuguese Red

País

Portugal

Denominação

Lisboa

Corpo

medium

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201291 pts

  The main estate wine from Chocapalha, this is firm, with a beautiful balance between tannins and fruit. Blackberry and wood-derived spice notes are cut with acidity. It's elegant and ready to drink.

• 201193 pts

  Aged for 18 months in wood, this impressive ripe wine is full of fruit and also a firm, smoky tannic structure. The partial fermentation in open stone tanks has given the wine an extra dimension of richness. This is a fine, concentrated wine that is now ready to drink.

• 201092 pts

  A mix of grapes from southern Portugal and the north along with a hint of Syrah, this is a stylish wine, feeling fresher and lighter than its alcohol would suggest. It has that cool feel of Lisboa wines, a touch saline, and balances firm, impressive fruit and tannins with juicy…

• 200993 pts

  There is a great, juicy feel to this otherwise serious and firm wine. Black fruit flavors push through the structure, offering richness as well as power. The acidity, layers of toast and an impressively fresh feel all come through strongly. It needs aging; drink from 2017.

• 200790 pts

  Fermented in an open stone lagar, giving great depth of color as well as rich, plummy concentration. The wine is ripe and bold, a plethora of licorice and bitter coffee to go with the rich red fruit. The tannins and acidity are finely in balance.

• 200588 pts

  A powerful expression of Portuguese varieties, with dense tannins, dark fruit flavors and ripeness. If the alcohol is too high—and it shows in the pepper edge to the wine—it still has a sense of shape and structure.