Churchill's Quinta da Gricha Douro Red

Quinta Da Gricha is Churchill’s flagship vineyard in the heart of the Cima Corgo in the Douro Valley, with ‘lagares’ dating back to 1852. Benefiting from a north-facing exposure, Quinta da Gricha produces wines with a raw vibrancy and excellent natural acidity.

This wine is uniquely produced from the vineyards at our Quinta Da Gricha estate, expressing the unique features of the ‘Gricha’ terroir: minerality, purity and finesse. An intense and seductive wine, with black cherry and herbal aromas.

Dark cherry colour. In the nose, intense spicy aromas. Rich and creamy in the mouth, with notes of cedar and dry spices, it has a long velvety and elegant finish. Serve at room temperature (16º – 18ºC).

Winery: Churchill’s Port & Estates
Appellation: Douro
Average age of vines: N/A
Farming Methods: Sustainable agricultural methods certified by the SATIVA institute
Maturation: 12 months in French oak casks
Soil: Gricha soil which has a graphite and mineral quality
Varietal: 100% Field blend from Quinta da Gricha including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Francisca and Tinto Cão.
Vineyard Orientation: 150 to 400 meters above sea level
Vineyard Size: 50 hectares

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Churchill's Quinta da Gricha Douro Red 2018	92 James Suckling on 2017 Vintage: Rich aromas of stewed black cherry, spiced plum, clove, licorice and some vanilla on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with sleek, velvety tannins framing a core of ripe dark fruit. Drink or hold. 91+ Wine Advocate The 2018 Quinta da Gricha (Churchill’s Estates) is a field blend from old vines (60 years) aged for 12 months in new French oak, and it comes in at 14% alcohol. Only in bottle about six weeks when tasted, this is much like its siblings this issue in the basics—fine mid-palate finesse, a serious backbone and a tight, unevolved finish. This might be the most tannic of the three red submissions. It does also retain some of that baked blueberry nuance that the monovarietal Touriga had. Here, though, it is more than a nuance. Completely shut down and unevolved, this has tons of potential, but it is all about the potential just now. It is worth leaning up a little, but it should become something more in time and proves its case in the cellar, as I think it will. – Mark Squires, Sep 2020	Bottle Image Label Image Tech Sheet