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Talk about a blast from the past. Baía di Tróia is the special project red from one of Portugal’s most awarded winemakers. From vineyards planted 2,000 years ago, this rich, dark, velvety black red is only made in the best years – a first in the UK.
Talk about a blast from the past. Baía di Tróia is the special project red from one of Portugal’s most awarded winemakers. From vineyards planted 2,000 years ago, this rich, dark, velvety black red is only made in the best years – a first in the UK.
Tasting notes
Velvety, mouthfilling black fruit and spice
Aroma
Smoky blackberry and raspberry and spice
Let’s go back in time! To the first century AD and vineyards planted to serve the ruling elite at the thriving Roman port of Troia. Here, on Portugal’s windswept Atlantic coast, the only grape that thrives in the dry, sandy soils and under 300 hours of super-hot sun a month, is local star Castelão. This small, dark-skinned grape boasts fathomless depths of flavour – if you know how to unlock it. Enter Gold-medal maestro at Portugal’s most awarded winery, Leonor Freitas – nicknamed the “Dame of Castelão”. Baía di Tróia delivers an immensely concentrated, black red – rippling with ripe plums, red berries and black fruit, laced with chocolate, spice and toasty oak. At 15.5% smooth power, it's not for the faint-hearted! A rich casserole ideal.