Conceito Único Red Wine (Douro)

An elegant, fine and very lively wine with pronounced fruit. Velvety tannins with a fine structure and a long finish.

Rita Marques Ferreira, the owner and oenologist of Conceito Vinhos in Foz Côa (Douro Superior), once again surprised the wine world with the Único Tinto 2015. With a small production of just 3,000 bottles, wine fans have to be careful because after they launched the Único Branco 2015 on the market at the beginning of the year, it was completely sold out in just one month. Why so much hysteria? Well, it is one of the best red wines in Portugal.

The Único is the result of the yield of a single plot located at a very high altitude of 450 m. The vines are on average 90 years old and are exclusively native grape varieties such as Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela and Rufete. The harvest is done manually and the grapes are co-fermented. The wine is aged for 22 months in French oak barrels (60% new barrels, 40% used once). In addition, there were excellent weather conditions that actually make the Único a unique wine that lives up to its name.

The wine is ideal for storage. If you taste it now, give it some time and decant it in a large carafe.

You can also buy this wine as a set of 3 in an elegant wooden box. Click here for the product.

• Origin: Douro DOC
• Vintage: 2019
• Grape varieties: Mix of traditional Douro grape varieties (more than 20 different varieties) including Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela, Rufete.
• Alcohol content: 14% vol.
• Soil: slate
• Vinification: Hand-picked in small boxes. Wine is pumped into stainless steel tanks. Fermentation at controlled temperature, gentle pumping over, final maceration for about a week. Malolactic fermentation in tank.
• Aging: 22 months in French oak barrels
• Acid: 5.2 g/l pH: 3.52
• Sugar: 1.1 g/l
• Contains sulfites

Rita Marques Ferreira is currently one of the most highly traded new generation winemakers from the Douro Valley. Their wines regularly receive very high ratings from international wine critics.
Rita's family has been growing wine in the upper Douro for several generations. Their vineyards cover a total of around 85 hectares and at an average altitude of 500m above sea level.
The vineyards are cared for without the use of chemicals and very close to nature. All operations are still done manually. Rita, who learned her craft in Bordeaux and then worked as a “flying winemaker” in New Zealand and South Africa, sells parts of her harvest to other wineries. She only keeps the best for her own wines and produces fine and elegant wines with lots of freshness and minerality. Everything is well thought out because Rita has a concept. Hence the name: Conceito.

Manufacturer: CONCEITO VINHOS, LDA. – Lg. Madalena, 10 – 5155-022 Cedovim – VN Foz Côa, Douro, Portugal