2019 Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Mirabilis Red 1 x 0.75L DESCRIPTION With a history spanning over 200 years, Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo occupies over 120 ha of land, and has been listed since the first demarcation of the Douro wine region, in 1756, during the Pombaline era. The original wine cellar that dates back to 1764 and the 19th century manor house with a chapel (1795) are harmoniously integrated into one of the estate's hills. Owned by the Portuguese Royal Family until 1725, it became a “new estate” when two estates were merged. Several Portuguese families lived in the estate in the 18th and 19th centuries, during an important period in the agriculture of the Douro, and gave life to the vineyards and wine, fruit orchards, water mills built along the stream that runs through the estate and the old olive grove. Since 1999 the estate’s history has been intensely lived by the Amorim family. Now in its fourth generation, the Amorim family has been linked to the wine trade since 1870, through its first trading activity - producing cork stoppers for the Port Wine Cellars, in Vila Nova de Gaia. It is now one of the most prominent family groups in Portugal, and operates in several countries of the world, in different business sectors. The estate is now managed by Luisa Amorim, who has significantly augmented the family's wine business. With deep cultural awareness, the wines have ancestral roots in Portugal’s finest wine regions, including unique places such as the Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo in the Douro and the Quinta da Taboadella in the Dão region. WINEMAKER: Jorge Alves. AWARDS/RECOMMENDATIONS 95 Points, Altamente Recomendado, Revista de Vinhos 19 Points, Revista Vinho Grandes Escolhas 19 Points, Revista Paixão Pelo Vinho 93 Points, Revista Fugas WINE VARIETIES: Tinta Amarela and centuries-old vines. VINIFICATION Mirabilis Tinto is inspired by the world's finest wines, creating textures, aromas, gravity and transparency. After careful selection of the best plots and careful hand-harvesting, this lot enters into conflict with the origin of the raw material, displacing the concept of the terroir. It is a unique wine, never the same from one year to the next, with a heterogeneous composition of small quantities, a few litres taken from each of our finest barrels, and then subjected to a long period of tasting until attaining the final result. 100% destemmed. Aged 12 months in new French oak barrels. TASTING NOTES Mirabilis Tinto mirrors the best vintage years at the Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, reflected in a dense, intense aroma, and a full-bodied wine, with tremendous physical persistence, and a deep and very precise finish. A wine that extends beyond our understanding ... and draws close to full human maturity. SERVING It goes well with game, red meat and cheese. Store in a cool, dry place, protected from light and temperature fluctuations. Serve at a temperature between 16ºC and 18ºC. Consume in moderation.   PLEASE NOTE: This is a recurring auction. The seal number(s) you see on the photos might differ from the one(s) on your bottle(s).