Nu by Negreiros 2019
About the wine
Show-stopping red from a teeny-tiny producer of handcrafted Portuguese wines
- Mário and Catarina Negreiros have been working their cotton socks off on the newest vintage of their beloved NU - unctuous as ever and made possible thanks to Angel support, this Douro Valley beauty just seems to be getting better year on year.
- The first sip of this huge, full-bodied red is brimming with fresh and super succulent black cherry flavours, followed by an effortlessly warming touch of pepper and rich dark chocolate flavours on the finish. It's large and in charge but has some serious class to boot.
- As the ultimate thank you, Mário and Catarina even named this vintage ‘Nu’, which means ‘Naked’ in Portuguese. It’s a wine he’s made specially for you, with love. Ahhh.
Best before
Drink now to 2027
Serving advice
Serve at 18°C. Open/Decant 1-2 hours before serving
Food match
Bacalhau (salted cod), potatos, carrots and broccoli and served up with paprika and olive oil.
Contains sulphites
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Mario and Catarina Negreiros
- On the banks of the Douro river lies Quinta das Amendoeiras. Home to the Negreiros family for generations, it was handed down to Mario in 2002 whose dream it was to make wine under the family name - rather than see the grapes carted off to Cockburns porthouse.
- Just two years later the first ‘Negreiros’ wine appeared. Shortly after that a group of our Archangels came across them on a tasting trip and, as the saying goes, the rest is history!
- By 2017, production had grown 400%. Luckily Mario’s daughter, Catarina, couldn’t wait to start helping out and they became an unbeatable father-daughter duo. Their talent spilled over from winemaking into hospitality when they opened their own B&B in the stunning grounds of Quinta das Amendoeiras - time to grab your passport and head for Portugal!
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