Wine & Soul Manoella 2023
Wine & Soul Manoella 2023
$22.99 on 6+ bottles (code: 6saves2)
92 pts Wine Advocate
The harmonious and approachable red 2023 Manoella Tinto was produced with grapes from 43-year-old vines, four varieties (60% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 10% Tinta Roriz and 5% Tinta Francisca) but still mixed in the vineyard in Quinta de Manoella on rich soils. It’s a cooler place because of the forest around it, and the wine has a moderate 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.6 and 5.6 grams of acidity. It’s medium-bodied and balanced, with fine tannins. It matured in well-seasoned, neutral oak barrels for 16 months. 76,435 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2024.
Husband and wife Jorge Serôdio and Sandra Tavares keep producing some of the finest whites from Douro and a collection of modern reds from over 40 hectares of vineyards. The whites were from 2023 and 2021 and the reds from 2022, cooler years for the whites and warmer for the reds. Published: Apr 17, 2025
Grapes
60% Touriga Nacional
25% Touriga Franca
10% Tinta Roriz
5% Tinta Francisca
- Foot-trodden in open granite lagares fermented for 8 days at low temperatures.
- Aged for 16 months in used French barriques
- Vines average 43 years-old
- A classic representation of Douro Valley terroir at a GREAT price
- Steep schist hard rock terraces
