Quinta do Pégo Cerro do Santo 2016

Blend: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Sousão and Tinto Cão

The Winery

Quinta do Pégo and its 30 ha of classification level A vineyards is a dream come true of Danish wine enthusiast Karsten Søndergaard, whose company AMKA has been in full ownership of the project since 2003. Some with vines up to 70 years old. The winery specialises in Port wines of the highest quality (Vintage and Late Bottled Vintage) as well as outstanding Douro reds, which have long enriched the range. Cerro do Santo is the name of a ruin near Quinta do Pégo. To this day, lagares*, warehouses and even living quarters still exist there and are a dreamy reminder of a great past.

* Lagares is the name given in Portugal to those large, shallow fermentation tanks made of granite, concrete or, more recently, stainless steel, in which the grapes, their stems and stalks, are mashed with the feet.

The Wine

It is dark ruby red in colour and has ripe red berries and fruit on the nose. It is very elegant and balanced, with concentrated dark fruit, notes of spices and oak and has a long lingering finish.

This elegant wine has been aged in French oak barrels. Afterwards the wine has been aged in the bottle before being released.

This harmonious and wellstructured wine is suitable for beef, veal, red meat, game and cheese.

This is indeed an extraordinairy red wine, which is ready to be enjoyed now, but it will also improve with bottle ageing and has a good maturation potential.

This wine is vegan friendly and skilfully blended from Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Sousão and Tinto Cão grapes grown at Quinta do Pégo’s 30 hectares in the Cima Corgo area in the Douro Valley.

The Winemaker

This wine is Quinta do Pégo’s second wine - and like the first wine the South African winemakers Wouter Pienaar and Niel Bester are the winemakers behind it.

Grape Analysis:

Residual sugar: less than 2g/L

Contains Alcohol: 13.5% vol

Awards:

· Silver & 92 points at Decanter World Wine Awards 2023

· Bronze at International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) 2023

· Bronze at International Wine Challenge (IWC) 2023

· Gold at Mundus Vini 2022

Allergens:

• Contains sulphites
• May contain egg, egg products, lysozyme from egg or albumin from egg
• May contain milk, milk product, casein derived from milk or milk proteins

Bottling information according to Regulation (EU) 2019/33

Produced and bottled by

Rozés S.A.

Cambres
Lamego
Portugal