Tasting Notes
Colour: Opaque red color
Nose: It reveals itself through a complex mixture of dried black fruits, dried black cherries, graphite and minerality.
Palate: In the mouth they offer a dense, chewy mixture of black berries, cherries and complex, multi-layered tannins. In terms of flavour, texture and structure, its clear complexity is being driven by this specific field blend. This wine finely accompanies red meats, roast beef and grilled meats.
Grape Varieties: Old vines – more than 24 native grape varieties (Baga, Touriga Nacional, Alvarelhão, Tinta Pinheira, Jaen, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Carvalha, etc.)
History of Casa da Passarella
Casa da Passarella was founded in 1892, before Dão was demarcated as a wine region (in 1908), and are founders of the region.
Casa da Passarella’s founder, Amand D’Oliveira made his fortune in Brazil then returned home to found a winery (the eponymous ‘Casa’ is a Brazilian-style pile). Nowadays, Passarella is a holding of 100 hectares, 60 of which are vine land (much of it around 100 years’ vine age) divided into seven different vines, and each vine has got unique characteristics – not only with different exposures but also with an amazing and original diversity of varieties. The several wines of Casa da Passarella are exclusively born from these “magnificent seven” vines.
It is also here that the brand’s originality lies: more than a blend of varieties, we are talking about a blend of vines – which makes Casa da Passarella’s wines unique, an absolute reflection of its “terroir”.
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