2020 Pormenor Tinto, Douro, Portugal Moutard and unusually fresh acidity for

and unusually fresh acidity for a wine from so far south

If it were a film genre it would be an Italian Giallo

Daniel Sinton has been carefully overseeing the Shell Creek Vineyard and cattle of the Avenales and Canyon Ranches

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formed around their belief that there is still more to be considered in the Willamette Valley

2020 Pormenor Tinto, Douro, Portugal Moutard and unusually fresh acidity forDouro classically makes powerful reds and, when done well, they are an absolute joy to drink. Pedro Coelho, the man behind Pormernor, makes a host of experimental against type red wines but this is his nostalgic ode to the classic wines of the region. Made with all indigenous varietals inside his garage sized winery, the fruit is fermented naturally in tank before seeing almost two years in old barrel. What you get is a mature wine that shows the old