This Páramos de Nicasia is Oriol & Susana's "village wine" in Toro.
It comes from an old ungrafted vine in Villaester, North West of the Douro, on sandy soils. Besides the typical Tinta de Toro, one can find there quite a lot of Grenache and Malvasia.
If you add to all of this Oriol's very traditional approach to winemaking, you get a really singular Toro.
Vinification
Oriol does not use chemical, nor sulphur, nor laboratory yeast?
He does not de-stem the bunches either, those are fermented whole for 10 weeks then aged for 16 months in big used vats
Storage potential
3-5 years.
To serve
Can be served a little cooler than is usual for a red.
Trial analysis
Light red colour. A hint of fizz comes first then disappears, replaced by an explosion of red fruit on the nose. The wine is fresh, but wide and pure on the palate; the fruit returns in the finish, both crisp and juicy.