{"product_id":"bota-velha-vinhas-antigas-tinto-2017-75cl","title":"Bota Velha Vinhas Antigas Tinto 2017 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e Winemaker João Silva e Sousa recounts how he spent his time \"searching for the old vines of the Douro.\" It was the 2017 harvest, he had just set up a winery in Penacova, and was in contact with grape producers from the Douro Superior and Cima-Corgo regions, whom he knew from other ventures, to launch his first solo wine. He put almost 30 years of experience at the service of his new project, which that year would yield this result: three thousand bottles of white and eight thousand of red Bota Velha Vinhas Antigas; about ten thousand bottles of white and 25 thousand of red Bota Velha Colheita.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThese wines are new to the market. A graduate in Agroindustrial Engineering, João Silva e Sousa began his professional career as an oenologist at Forrester in 1990. Later, among other positions, he was responsible for the Agricultural Operations Area at Sogrape, a consultant for several wine-producing companies, a managing partner in two, and finally, the oenologist and producer of Bota Velha. His work at Sogrape led him to discover producers and vineyards in the Douro region, which he revisited in 2017 in search of grapes for a new adventure: making his own wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eHe walked the ups and downs of the Douro vineyards, wearing out boots – deliberately old ones, because he knew the terrain was rough – searching for old vines and their owners, whom he knew. That year, which was hot and dry, he saw \"what the new vines suffered and what the old vines resisted,\" making his commitment to the old vines irreversible. Later, at the winery, it was a challenge to identify the grape varieties, some of which are no longer planted, but, on the other hand, to taste must still to ferment and see how it presents itself – \"rosé, intense fruit, sweet, dense, good acidity, good body, 14% probable alcohol, balance,\" promising a great wine. And so Bota Velha was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"Garrafeira Grande Escolha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188266688849,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4122\/8625\/files\/bota-velha-vinhas-antigas-t.jpg?v=1772535557","url":"https:\/\/garrafeiragrandeescolha.pt\/en\/products\/bota-velha-vinhas-antigas-tinto-2017-75cl","provider":"Garrafeira Grande Escolha","version":"1.0","type":"link"}