Quinta da Muradella Alanda Tinto 2018 pinot-noir juicy yet pulpy wine with

juicy yet pulpy wine with preserved lemon

west and northwest

A purple rim encompasses a core of deep ruby

The must is fermented in stainless steel before being transferred to large wooden casks where it is matured on its lees for seven months before bottling

It has a broad and intense finish

Quinta da Muradella Alanda Tinto 2018 pinot-noir juicy yet pulpy wine withThe red Alanda is a blend of Menca, Bastardo (Merenzao Trousseau), Garnacha, Tintorera, plus a swig of Mouratn and Arauxa (as Tempranillo is known around these parts). Again the fruit is drawn from a mosaic of different vineyards spanning Monterrei's myriad of soil types and sub zones. Again, it works beautifully. The resulting wine is a kind of vinous mural of the Monterrei landscape. One third of the grapes are destemmed and everything is co