MOB - Vinha Senna Dao Tinto 2015
Price: $49.99
Producer | MOB |
Country | Portugal |
Region | Dao |
Varietal | Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Jaen, Baga |
Vintage | 2015 |
Sku | 15547 |
Size | 750ml |
MOB Description
“M.O.B., located in the Serra d'Estrela district of eastern Dão, is not a name that should incite fear, but curiosity. This daring joint venture is named for the three talented winemakers behind it all: Jorge Moreira of Poeira, Francisco Olazabal from Quinta do Vale Meão, and Jorge Serôdio Borges of Quinta do Passadouro and Wine & Soul. The close-knit trio may have deep roots in the neighboring Douro Valley, but they unite under one desire: to represent the Dão in the truest form. While some winemakers in this region are mimicking a bolder Douro style, M.O.B. aims to craft wines that are intense, yet elegant: a style emblematic of the land.
The trio aims to utilize an organic approach in the vineyards and hone their skills together, as a team, to create wines with true varietal character, unassailable elegance, and a compelling presence that would be difficult to refuse. This is a wine with a beautiful violet color, very intense aromas of cassis, bergamot orange, and wild flowers. On the palate, it is fresh with soft tannins and pleasant acidity complimented by its velvety texture. A complex wine full of character that will evolve beautifully in the bottle over the coming years.” – Importer
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
“The 2015 Tinto Vinha Senna is mostly a 60/25 blend of Touriga Nacional and Alfrocheiro, plus Jaen for the rest, aged for 18 months in 15% new French oak. It comes in at 13.2% alcohol. This new brand, said the winery, is from "vineyards located at 600 meters of altitude, located near Seia village (the name Senna was used [in] old times to name the village). Soil is granite and the vineyards are more than 40 years old."
This used to be just called the regular Tinto. It is one of the wines with a name change. Impeccably balanced, this is ripe and round. If the tannins are ripe too, there is still plenty of support for the fruit here. The fruit is delicious, but dry, fresh and lifted all the time. It's so impeccably refined that you can drink it right now, but it will certainly age well. This may be the best wine M.O.B. has made so far, something with a very Burgundian feel to it. The only problem is that the rest of the winery's red lineup this issue offers strong competition. Drink this and the 2016 Gauvé, if you must, but hold the 2015 Garrafeira. It may one day be the best of them.”
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