Filipe Ferreira (Mary Taylor) Douro Tinto 2022 NO20230823 with notes of spice

with notes of spice

and white flowers while the palate cuts through with saline mineral energy

Mas de Daumas Gassac is the estate that dragged the Languedoc's reputation into serious territory

the yeast settles at the bottom of the bottle leaving that unmistakable

The yields of these estate Lambrusco vines are restricted for quality

Filipe Ferreira (Mary Taylor) Douro Tinto 2022 NO20230823 with notes of spiceThe Douro spent centuries making Port, and the world is only now catching up to what those same steep schist terraces can do with dry red wine. Filipe Ferreira makes this one at Quinta da Foz, a site the IVDP grades at its top rating, from Touriga Nacional with Tinta Roriz and Touriga Franca hand harvested and foot trodden in granite lagares, the old way. Mary Taylor's whole model is to find the person actually farming the land and put their name on