Double Decanter Gold for Symington Portuguese Wines
Two wines from Symington Family Estates have both been awarded gold medals in the Decanter World Wine Awards.
Altano Rewilding 2021
Described as ‘a true taste of the Douro with a heft of ripe cherries, plump raisins and an injection of violet florals, with a wonderful, rounded structure and lingering finish’ received a score of 95 points and was awarded a gold medal.
Altano Rewilding is the result of an exciting collaboration with Rewilding Portugal, a not-for-profit organisation that is pioneering an ambitious conservation strategy. The ambition is to create a 120,000-hectare wildlife corridor in the Greater Côa Valley in Northern Portugal, where the Symington family have lived and worked since the 19th century.
Every sale of the Altano Rewilding Edition makes a financial contribution towards Rewilding Portugal’s efforts to protect and restore natural landscapes in Portugal’s interior and provides consumers with the opportunity to contribute towards a positive cause.
Quinta da Fonte Souto Red 2019
Described as ‘bedecked with fragrant tobacco, spice and red liquorice which flows eloquently across the creamy, lush palate. Firm, velvety tannins carry through to the slate-infused finale’ also achieved a score of 95 points and was also awarded a gold medal.
The wine comes from the 207-hectare Quinta da Fonte estate, which was acquired by the Symington family in 2017 and is their first vineyard outside the Douro. Lying on the slopes of the São Mamede Range at an altitude of 500 metres in the Alentejo sub-region of Portalegre, the property benefits from cooler and wetter conditions than the hot Alentejo plain. The Fonte Souto wines express the freshness and elegance provided by the altitude, as well as the structure and complexity from the estate’s extensive collection of mature, low-yielding vines.
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