In the glass
What it pairs with
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Roast lamb
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Structure and herbs with lamb. -
Grilled beef
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Fine tannins carry red meat. -
Aged cheese
Concentration for cheese.
History
Referencia is Quinta Nova's prestige old-vine red.
- 2008 — First Referencia vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
- Grapes
- Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz
- Classification
- DOC Douro
- Oak
- Aged around 18 months in new French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 50 to 80 at retail
- Drinking window
- 6 to 20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2008
Scores
- Wine Advocate 93 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2020)