2020 Valle Pradinhos The Lost Corner Grande Reserva red

Valle Pradinhos The Lost Corner Red 2020 is produced in Macedo de Cavaleiros in Trás-os-Montes from Tinta Amarela, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Nacional, followed by 21 months of ageing in 500-litre French oak barrels. Elegant, complex, deep and delicate, it displays aromas of fresh wild red and black berries, flowers, aromatic herbs and spices. Balanced acidity and fine, silky tannins, beautifully integrated with the fruit, shape a harmonious and coherent wine with a remarkably persistent finish.

Casal de Vale Pradinhos is a 450-hectare farm, established in 1913 and owned by the Pinto de Azevedo family since then. The wines produced here are a combination of indigenous grape varieties such as Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela and Malvasia Fina, and reputed international varieties, namely Cabernet Sauvignon, Gewürztraminer and Riesling.

Maria Antónia Pinto de Azevedo Mascarenhas, great-granddaughter of the founder Manoel Pinto de Azevedo, is the current owner of Casal de Vale Pradinhos. She has been implementing her vision in the wines which are vinified here since she took control of the property in 1994. Her daughter, Maria, will be the 4th generation of women directly involved in the management of the property.

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