2014 Herdade do Mouchao Alentejo Tonel 3-4 Tinto

Still special to have at home. The highest rated (dry) red wine from Portugal ever by Robert Parker: 2011 Mouchao Tonel nr. 3-4 (97 points).

The reviews say that the wine is 'easily' drinkable until 2040 .. the winemakers themselves talk about eternal life!

definition

The very best red wine from Mouchaõ, the Tonel nº 3-4, is part of a very select group of Portuguese top wines that can compete internationally at the highest level. Tonel nº 3-4 is made exclusively from alicante bouschet grapes and picked by hand in the Carapetos vineyard. The grapes are brought to the cellar in 20 kg containers, not destemmed and in lagares, large open fermentation tanks, pressed with the feet and then slowly fermented. After fermentation, the wine matures for 24 months in large barrels of Portuguese oak, which bear the numbers 3 and 4 and give the name to this impressive red wine that is only made in the best vintages. Mouchão is one of the great classics in the Portuguese wine world. A 38-hectare wine estate, owned by the Reynolds family since 1901, where time has stood still and which was only connected to electricity in 1991. Here wine is made without haste, as it used to be. Recommended serving temperature is 17ºC.