Red wines from 2009 present high levels of sediment
Before you ask, I’ll explain what is the photo showing: it is the bottom of a 10.000 liters bin where one of the components of Oscar’s 2009 was resting since November. After aging for some months, this wine created a compact cover of sediment, which this year is specially bigger due to two facts: very cold Winter (resulting in more and denser precipitation) and high level of anthocyans (pigmentation substances responsible for the color) in the grapes of the last harvest.
It is interesting to compare this photo, of a still red wine, with other of a Rose Port, where the bottom of the bin is covered by a much thinner and pink layer. Different levels of extraction lead to different types of sediment!
Oscar
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Quevedo was founded in 1991 as a family owned business in the heart of the Douro valley, responding to the needs of the generations that preceded the associate founders. These ancestors were passionately dedicated to their vineyards and to the culture that surrounded the production of wine. Consequently, the company was created as a seamless marriage between the initial phase of production and the promotion and selling of their wines. Currently, the estate is comprised of 100 hectares located in the regions of Cima-Corgo and Douro Superior, producing both red and port wines from only the five traditional port grapes Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão and Tinta Barroca.
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