Porca de Murça Douro Tinto 2023 is the youthful, fruit-driven red wine from one of Portugal's oldest wine brands. Within the Douro, this wine deliberately opts for a classic style with plenty of freshness and aroma, making it immediately accessible without losing its regional character. In 2023, Porca de Murça also celebrated its 95th anniversary, which gives this bottle a distinct historical place within the Douro.
The origin of this wine lies in the Douro, but its style is consciously built from various altitude zones within the region.
- Location / Origin: Porca de Murça Tinto comes from the Douro, the classic wine region in Northern Portugal known for its steep vineyards and distinctive red blends. This wine is made using fruit from higher and lower zones, bringing freshness and structure into balance.
- Altitude: In the higher-altitude plots, the winery explicitly seeks freshness and aromatic tension. This gives this Douro Tinto its youthful, lively profile.
- Climate & Influences: In the lower-altitude plots, the focus is on more structure and complexity. This gives the wine more breadth and depth without losing its fruity character.
The cellar approach here is kept clean and precise, ensuring that fruit and balance remain central.
- Fermentation: The 4 grape varieties are each fermented separately in stainless steel tanks. This helps to keep the fruit clear and gives the final blend more precision.
- Aging / Wood aging: After fermentation, the wine ages for another 6 months in the same stainless steel tanks. This keeps the style pure, juicy, and fruit-driven, without any influence from wood.
This wine is composed of a classic Douro blend that beautifully combines freshness, structure, and roundness.
- Touriga Franca – Douro: Touriga Franca brings juicy fruit and a smooth, aromatic core to the blend.
- Touriga Nacional – Douro: Touriga Nacional provides extra intensity and a firmer backbone to the wine.
- Tinta Roriz – Douro: Tinta Roriz supports the structure and gives the blend more grip and depth.
- Tinta Barroca – Douro: Tinta Barroca adds extra roundness and makes the wine more approachable on the palate.
