Quinta das Bágeiras Reserva 2017

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 In this former post I have made reference to the importance of the lunar cycles to both harvest and tasting of a wine. This is a theme that has lately been popping around me and, having interested me from the very first moment, led me to this article which I strongly recommend to have a look at. 

Being a Waldorf teacher I soon came across the lunar cycles observation and how it influences the most diverse aspects of agriculture,from which I find the full moon harvest particularly interesting. What has recently surprised me was the adaptation of this concept to the drinking of the wine. Through apps such as When Wine it is possible to know whether today is or not a good day to have wine.

And this was the decisive point to meet the friend who has introduced me to this theme and open this Quinta das Bágeiras Reserva.

With a traditional mix of Baga and Touriga Nacional, this is a wine that reflects the irreverence of the Baga grape, here translated with tempting green berries, leather and light tobacco taste. In the mouth it is quite voluminous and rich, with very clear tannins. The contact with wood enlightens the best floral capacities of Touriga Nacional. 

Even though I tendentiously am skeptical about Bairrada wines, I have to confess that after this Quinta das Bágeiras I have decided to take a new look at them and will start exploring the potential of the region in a new way. 

 

With it I do recommend the delicious poems from the Persian poet Omar Khayyam which can always transport us to fascinating worlds:

 

Oh! wine is richer that the realm of Jam,
More fragrant than the food of Miriam;
Sweeter are sighs that drunkards heave at morn
Than strains of Bu Sa'id and Bin Adham.





17/20
Country: Portugal
Region: Bairrada
Grapes: Baga, Touriga Nacional
13%
Winemaker: Mário Sérgio Alves Nuno

Website: http://quintadasbageiras.pt/vinhos.html

Location: Hamburg, Germany

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