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Wine Description
The Story
Charme is a rare wine from the Douro, its elegance and complexity combined with the smooth tannins are unique in expressing old sheltered vineyards from Vale Mendiz in the heart of the Douro area in the Pinhão Valley. All the small details involving the production of Charme turn the final result very difficult to achieve. In the end, only the best barrels are chosen to be bottled as Charme.
The whole bunches were lightly crushed in granite ...
Vintage 2013
Portugal’s 2013 wine vintage was a cooler, late-ripening year defined by extreme autumnal weather that split the country into two distinct outcomes. A cold, wet spring delayed flowering across major regions, but a warm, dry summer allowed vines to catch up under ideal conditions. However, heavy rains arrived in mid-September during harvest, forcing growers to choose between picking early at lower potential alcohol or risking botrytis rot by wa...
