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Vallado

Sousão

Aroma

Very concentrated, with balsamic oak notes, black fruits, tobacco and spices.

Taste

Full bodied, fleshy with an excellent acidity, long fresh finish with black fruit notes.

Vinification

Foot trodden in traditional granite lagares for 5 days.

Varieties

100% Sousão

Ageing

Malolatic fermentation and ageing in 225 litres French Oak barrique for 16 months. 40% in new and 60% in second-use barrels.

Winemaker

Francisco Olazabal & Francisco Ferreira

2018 Robert Parker | 94 pts
2017 Robert Parker | 95 pts
2016 Robert Parker | 92 - 94 pts
2015 Robert Parker | 92 pts
2013 Robert Parker | 92 pts

2016 Wine Spectator | 92 pts
2015 Wine Spectator | 93 pts
2011 Wine Spectator | 92 pts
2009 Wine Spectator | 92 pts
2008 Wine Spectator | 92 pts
2007 Wine Spectator | 92 pts

2015 Wine Enthusiast | 92 pts

Technical sheet

Aroma

Very concentrated, with balsamic oak notes, black fruits, tobacco and spices.

Taste

Full bodied, fleshy with an excellent acidity, long fresh finish with black fruit notes.

Vinification

Foot trodden in traditional granite lagares for 5 days.

Varieties

100% Sousão

Ageing

Malolatic fermentation and ageing in 225 litres French Oak barrique for 16 months. 40% in new and 60% in second-use barrels.

Winemaker

Francisco Olazabal & Francisco Ferreira

2018 Robert Parker | 94 pts
2017 Robert Parker | 95 pts
2016 Robert Parker | 92 - 94 pts
2015 Robert Parker | 92 pts
2013 Robert Parker | 92 pts

2016 Wine Spectator | 92 pts
2015 Wine Spectator | 93 pts
2011 Wine Spectator | 92 pts
2009 Wine Spectator | 92 pts
2008 Wine Spectator | 92 pts
2007 Wine Spectator | 92 pts

2015 Wine Enthusiast | 92 pts

Technical sheet

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