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Freire Lobo

Freire Lobo Dão Vigno Tinto 2023

Price: $26.00
Tasting notes

The 2023 Vigno Tinto from the Dão DOC is a blend of 40% Touriga Nacional, 30% Alfrocheiro, 25% Jaen, and 5% Tinta Roriz. Per the producer, the wine shows precision in aromatic definition, natural freshness, a silky texture, and balance.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Wild StrawberryBlack CherryVioletBlack Pepper
Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Red Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Jaen, Tinta Roriz
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2023
Alcohol:,
Country:, Portugal
Region:, Dão
Appellation:, Dão DOC
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

  • Style: Dry, medium-bodied red from the Dão DOC
  • Grapes & Terroir: 40% Touriga Nacional, 30% Alfrocheiro, 25% Jaen, 5% Tinta Roriz; organic; granitic soils at 560-600m in Oliveira do Hospital
  • Winemaking: Manual harvest; foot-tread; spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in open-top steel vats; aged in stainless steel tanks for a few months
  • Serving: Serve at 60-64°F
  • Pairing: Oven roasts, traditional sausages, roast chicken, pork
  • Similar To: Other Dão DOC reds based on Touriga Nacional and Jaen

Freire Lobo is a family estate rooted in the Dão region, where winemaker Elisa Freire Lobo returned after formative internships in Bairrada and the Douro in the late 1990s. She took over the family vineyards in 2010 and began the conversion to organic farming on 15 hectares. The 2023 Vigno Tinto is a Dão DOC red blending 40% Touriga Nacional, 30% Alfrocheiro, 25% Jaen, and 5% Tinta Roriz. It is made via traditional spontaneous vinification in open vats with controlled temperature and aged in stainless steel tanks for a few months.

The producer recommends pairing it with oven roasts and traditional sausages. It also works with roast chicken, grilled pork, and mushroom-based dishes.

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Producer profile

Freire Lobo

Elisa Freire Lobo began her winemaking career in 1996 at Caves São João in Bairrada, then worked the following year in the Douro with Anselmo Mendes; she grew up in the Dão and returned to the region, becoming its first woman winemaker. She went on to work with respected producers including Casimiro Gomes, Carlos Rodrigues, Carlos Lucas, Alvaro Castro and the late Magalhães Coelho, before taking over the family vineyards in 2010.

She began the conversion to organic farming on 15 hectares to respect the soil, plants and biodiversity. Herbicides were eliminated, cover crops planted to enrich the granitic soils, and the family's Bordaleiras sheep graze and fertilise the vineyards through winter; beehives were added in 2018 after the 2017 wildfires.

Grapes are harvested manually, all fermentations are spontaneous using indigenous yeasts, and red wines are fermented in steel lagares. For the Vigno Tinto, vinification is in open vats with controlled temperature, with ageing in stainless steel tanks for a few months.

Wine region

Dão, Portugal

The Dão is the oldest non-liqueur DOC in Portugal. The vineyards in Oliveira do Hospital sit between 560 and 600 metres in elevation, surrounded by four mountains: Serra da Estrela, Colcurinho, Açor, and Caramulo, on high-altitude granite terrain with dramatic day to night temperature shifts.

Traditional Dão reds use Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Roriz, Jaen, Alvarelhão, Baga, Bastardo, Tinto Cão, Camarate and Rufete, while whites include Encruzado, Cerceal, Bical, Fernão Pires, Malvasia and Barcelo.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

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If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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