Not long ago, say no more than 15 years ago, Douro region red wines were somewhat a rarity. Back then most of the Douro grapes went to produce a completely different line of wine: the local specialty, worldly renowned, Port wine.
Should you want to know more about it, I strongly recommend the book “Port and the Douro”, by Richard Mayson, first published in 2013 by Infinite Ideas. A book gift I had (and cherish) from João Bruschy, a good old friend of mine and former fellow musician, back in the 1980’s, in the Prece Oposto rock band.
“Red wines: taming tanines”, says Mayson. And yet, he apparently missed the enlightening Maritávora, Reserva, 2009, Red, Douro, Portugal, made by the great winemaker and good friend of mine Jorge Serôdio Borges, from vines as seasoned as I currently am: 50 years old (or so).
Luis Miguel Novais
