Muxagat Tinto
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Muxagat Tinto - 2018

Item # 50890 750 mL

A dry red blend of 60% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Franca, and 10% Sousão from 3 different plots in Fonte Longa and Muxagata.Fermentation lasts for one week, with light foot-stomping, and the wine ages for 14 months in 225 liter used French oak barrels before bottling. Pair this structured and full-bodied red with feijoada.

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Color
Red
Vintage
2018
Country
Portugal
Region
Douro
Producer
Muxagat
Grape Variety
Touriga Nacional
Souzão
Touriga Francesa
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Staff Pick Notes

Muxagat (pronounced Moo-sha-got) had there first vintage in 2002 and ever since they have been making wines that express the true terroir of the Douro Superior. High elevation vineyards with granite and schist bed rock, there is little protection from the cold winds coming off the Atlantic. Within the horizon line of Spain's western edge, Susana Lopes, second generation, and her friend and winemaker Luis Seabra, use only 100% indigenous grapes. Arriving at the winery, the grapes are placed in granite lagar, 80% destemmed and trodden by foot. Black cherry, black raspberry, blueberry, black plum, fresh tobacco, violets, lilacs, menthol and wet stone are just a few aromas from this complex wine. Bright and pure fruit with present, but refined tannins. An incredibly fresh style of Douro Red.

- MHG

Glossary

Portugal

The Dão and the Douro are the most important regions as far as red Portuguese table wine is concerned. Douro wines tend to be a bit fuller and fleshier than their Dão counterparts, which are generally lighter and higher in acidity. Reds from both regions are dense, rustic, and well-balanced. They also show their terroir quite clearly, and represent a great alternative to the modern fruit-driven style. Vinho Verde is Portugal’s most famous white wine. Literally translated as "green wine," it...

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