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Casa Ermelinda Freitas Dona Ermelinda

$15.00

Varietal Birthplace Year
Castelão Palmela 2009
This medium-bodied Portuguese wine is a deep purple and is plush, bright and fruity. The nose is spicy and fresh with aromas of raspberry and red currant. Raspberry follows through on the palate joined by flavors of ripe plum and baking spices. It’s a bold, assertive wine but with pleasant round tannins.
Raspberry, red currant, black raspberry, plum and vanilla spice.
Ermelinda Freitas is the fourth generation to run the family wine business and now does so with the help of her only daughter, Leonor. The winery is in the Palmela region of the Setúbal Peninsula immediately south and east of Lisbon, just across the mouth of the river Tejo. Wine grapes have grown here for many centuries, starting with the Phoenicians. DOC Palmela wines are primarily made from Castelão, which ripens here more effectively than anywhere else in Portugal. The other important grape of the region is the white grape Moscatel (Muscat) which is mostly made into a fortified wine called Moscatel de Setúbal. The best examples are extraordinarily aromatic with rich, exotic flavors and are served locally with walnut cake.
Portugal’s national dish is salted cod called bacalhau which is probably not the best match for the Dona Ermelinda. My Pork and Orange Stew is, however, up to the challenge for this Portuguese beauty—the braising with spices and orange deliver in a big way.
The Setúbal Peninsula enjoys some of the most spectacular beaches in all of Portugal.
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