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The Hugo Mendes Lisboa Tinto is a Portuguese red wine made from the indigenous Touriga Franca grape variety. Aged in used oak barrels for 12 months the wine is a deep crimson colour with ripe, sweet dark fruit aromas. The palate is rich and juicy in texture, with robust and chewy tannins that complement the core of bold fruit flavors.
By the time Hugo Mendes, a.k.a. ‘The Wizard Apprentice,’ graduated in Biotechnology Engineering in 2005, he had fallen hopelessly in love with wine. The same year, he joined Quinta da Murta in Portugal’s Arinto epicentre, Bucelas in Lisboa. Learning on the job, by 2010 Hugo had worked his way up...
Formerly known as Estremadura, the Lisboa wine region lies to the west and north of Portugal's capital city Lisbon. There is a lot of wine made here, much of it by co-operatives, in a wide variety of styles and qualities. This region where the "vinho regional" Lisboa is predominant also...
It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 grape varieties in present commercial production, yet this probably includes the same grapes under other names. With the increase of DNA fingerprinting it is thought that the real number might come down closer to 5,000. Many varieties of grape are known...
