2021 Paulo Laureano 'Ema's Vineyard' Tinto

A blend of Aragonez, Tinta Grossa, Trincadeira, and Alicante Bouschet. Aged for 12 months in new and used French oak barrels before bottling.  Ema is the daughter of one of the importers of Paulo Laureano wines in the United States. On a visit to Portugal with her father, still very young, in the midst of the vineyards, she “complained” to her father, who also wanted a vineyard. Right there, the vineyard was named!

Tasting Notes

A medium-full bodied red brimming with dark fruit and structure. The nose is full of ripe, almost jammy fruit flavors- there’s tons of both red and dark fruit accented by savoery mint, herbs, tobacco, olives and warm earth. There’s plenty of tannin and acidity here to provide a backbone for the intense concetration of fruit. 

About Paolo Laureano

Paulo Laureano is one of the most respected Portuguese winemakers and a reference for wines in the Alentejo. He also has a wonderful mustache. Agronomist, winemaker trained between Portugal, Australia and Spain, after teaching at the University of Évora for 10 years, decided to dedicate himself, exclusively, to what has moved him since 1993: designing wines. Especially in the company he created with his family in 1999 and which has become increasingly important in his life. Paulo Laureano defines himself as a minimalist winemaker, for whom designing wines is a passion, unveiling their aromas and flavors, evaluating and optimizing the reasons for his identity and personality, promoting them as true sources of pleasure. His exclusive bet on Portuguese varieties reflects his way of being and looking at wine as a factor of culture and civilization.