Porta 6 Lisboa Crimson is constructed from a mix of fifty% Tinta Roriz, 40% Castelão and 10% Touriga Nacional grapes and the vineyard is in Leiria, close to Lisbon, Portugal. It provides intense aromas of crimson and black fruits and has comfortable ripe raspberry and blueberry flavours, with a full wealthy mid palate, accomplished by a stability of acidity to provide a freshness to the end. Winemaker, Mauro Azóia, recommends matching it with meals corresponding to lamb, or different crimson meats, pasta and sardines or different oily fish.
Commenting on the launch, Luis Bio, managing director of Vidigal Wines in Portugal, producers of Porta 6, says: “Porta 6 has been so successful that we’re delighted to introduce a brand new 1.5 Litre version in Waitrose shops throughout the UK. The Porta 6 Bag in Field is nice for all events, and we’re excited for Waitrose prospects to take pleasure in our much-loved crimson wine within the new Bag in Field measurement.”
Porta 6 Lisboa Crimson Wine 1.5 Litre Bag in Field RRP: £16.49. ABV: 13.5%
Obtainable from: Waitrose
The Bag in Field, just like the wine bottle, has a singular label which encompasses a portray displaying a slice of Lisbon life; a relaxed scene with one of many metropolis’s well-known yellow trams. Road artist Hauke Vagt, initially from Germany, settled in Lisbon within the early ‘90s, when he fell in love with town and its relaxed way of life. He bought his work to vacationers outdoors the Fortress of St. George, in all probability by no means imagining this explicit picture would discover itself on wine cabinets in nearly each nook of the world.
