2021 Vilarissa Valley Grande Reserva red

Vilarissa Valley Grande Reserva is a bright, clean garnet-coloured wine with good intensity, made from the Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca grape varieties. It was aged for 12 months in new barrels, 70% French oak and 30% American oak. It has a clean, bright garnet colour with good intensity. The aroma is complex, deep and elegant, with floral notes combined with red fruits, where blackberries stand out, with nuances of vanilla and spices from the wood. On the palate it is full-bodied and very balanced, with black fruit in particular, well-polished tannins and good acidity, finishing long and persistent.

Barão de Vilar, Vinhos S.A. was founded in January 1996 from a stock of wines acquired by Fernando Luiz Van Zeller and passed on to his two sons Fernando and Álvaro. Its corporate name recalls a noble title granted by King Maria II of Portugal to Cristiano Nicolau Kopke, the 1st Baron of Vilar, in 1836, which by descent is in the direct possession of the family.

Before setting up Barão de Vilar, the Van Zeller family owned Quinta do Noval, one of the most renowned estates in the Port wine sector, from which comes the mythical ‘Vintage 1931 Nacional’, considered one of the two best world wines of the 20th century by Wine Spectator.

Barão de Vilar has now been renamed the Van Zeller Wine Collection, a company that represents a collection of values, ideas, stories and wines.

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