Macanita Vinhos Douro Tinto Mac 2023 Region:Douro a good spine of acidity

a good spine of acidity

the wine remains largely unchanged from those early days

with red tropical fruits

you see a lot of flat farmland and an unusual  number of windmills

and splashes of Pinot Gris and Muscat

Macanita Vinhos Douro Tinto Mac 2023 Region:Douro a good spine of acidityJoana Maanita makes some of the most compelling Douro Valley wine today. Growing up in Alentejo at her familys once traditionally minded Fitapreta estate, it was no sure bet that she would become a standard bearer of a new sort of Portuguese wine that takes terroir much more seriously. Where traditional Port wines demand the intense concentration of alcohol found at the rivers edge, Joana has made her name with grapes picked at the windy, exposed