Vale D. Maria Vinha de Martim 2020 seduces with its color and aromatic character. On the palate, it reveals increased complexity with additional woody aromas and a pleasant, enveloping, savory freshness. This wine presents itself discreetly, then reveals a long, surprising finish with elegant persistence.

All bunches are destemmed before being carefully crushed in a pneumatic press. The resulting must is decanted for 24 hours at 10º Celsius into 2,500-liter stainless steel tanks. The must is then transferred to new 225-liter French oak barrels, where it ferments for 25 days or more at controlled temperatures between 10º and 14º Celsius. The wine is aged in the same barrels for a further 9 months, with stirring of the lees.

In 2015, we began working in a single vineyard with unique characteristics, an average age of over 80 years and a myriad of different white grape varieties. Vale D. Maria Vinha de Martim shows the unique character of the Douro in all its diversity, where we have found the vineyards that we believe express the Douro we have known for many centuries.