Women in Wine | Maçanita Vinhos - Joana Maçanita, Owner and Winemaker, Douro, Portugal

Women in Wine | Maçanita Vinhos - Joana Maçanita, Owner and Winemaker, Douro, Portugal

The Maçanita winery is located on the right bank of the River Douro, in the heart of the Douro, 20 minutes from Pinhão in the Cima Corgo sub-region. A boutique winery, it produces around 80,000 bottles a year of red, white and rosé wines. More recently it has embarked on the world of Port wine production, which, for the time being, is a closely guarded secret. At the Maçanita Vinhos winery, winemaking is less invasive and the aim is to bring the terroir of the Douro to the bottle. With a very diverse range of wines, the Maçanita winery produces everything from single varietals, such as 100% Touriga Nacional Cima Corgo and 100% Touriga Nacional Letra A, two wines, the same grape variety at different altitudes, to the discolored wines of the multi-castes found in the old high altitude granite vineyards, to the fine oxidative Malvasia from the low corgo and the 100% Arinto de extreme with its pulsating acidity. Each of these wines is the result of a restless exploration by the Maçanita brothers, who, plot by plot, try to express a distinct language and personality from every corner of the Douro region.

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Macanita Branco, Douro 2022