Churchill Douro Branco
2015 Vintage

Cellars: £21.00

Enjoy in the restaurant: £28.50

Bin no.: 1395

Pale lemon colour.  On the nose, an elegant combination of pear and lemon juice. Crisp and delicate on the palate, with graphite and citrin notes and hints of green apple on the finish.

Food  Recommendation:

Serve as an aperitif at a temperature of 10 -12 degrees centigrade or with Grilled Fish

Country: Portugal

Region: Douro

Producer: Churchill Estates

Vintage: 2015

Colour: White

Grape Varieties:
70% Rabigato,
30% Viosinho

Status: Still

Allergens: contains sulphites

Dry/Sweet: 2   (1 is dry, 7 is very sweet)

abv: 12.5%

Bottle size: 75cl

Winery information:

Although Churchill's is considered a baby of the Port trade both in scale and age having only been founded in 1981 it has its roots deeply imbedded into quality Port history. Indeed Johnny Graham's family used to own the famous Graham's Port until it was sold in 1970. He and his wife Caroline (maiden name Churchill) created the company when Johnny left a job at Taylor's where he had been in the winemaking team having spent the years before that working for Cockburns. In 2004 Churchill's began making table wine under the name Churchill Estates and the excellent wines are the result of some really hard work from Johnny Graham and his young team who had improved the vineyards at Gricha demonstrating the unique terroir and what it had to offer while also working with fruit from the Douro Superior. The renaissance of Douro wines continues to capture the imagination of much of the world's press and interested wine-lovers and Churchill's development in this area continues apace with the introduction of these new wines.

Vinification:

This wine is produced from grapes grown in high altitude vineyards in the Douro Region. The grapes are picked into small boxes of approx. 20 kilos and brought to the winery where they undergo a careful selection process before being crushed.

The grapes were chilled overnight to 5ºC and then crushed and allowed to cold-soak in tank for 12 hours at 10ºC. 100% of the must was then pressed and the juice was transferred to another tank where it was inoculated and allowed to ferment gently during two weeks at a maximum temperature of 15ºC.

About 20% of this wine is aged for 6 months in new casks; the remaining part is kept in stainless steel vats to maintain its fruity character combined with the oak complexity from the wines in casks.

Churchill Douro
Touriga Nacional
2012 Vintage

Cellars: £23.00

Enjoy in the restaurant: £30.50

Bin no.: 1397

A deep violet colour. On the nose, exuberant aromas of eucalptus and wild basil with hints of orange blossom. Intense and complex on the palate, showing layers of wild blueberries combined with fresh resinous and spicy notes ending in a long juicy finish.

Food  Recommendation:

Serve at a temperature of 16 -18 degrees centigrade with Beef

Country: Portugal

Region: Douro

Producer: Churchill Estates

Vintage: 2012

Colour: Red

Grape Varieties: 100% Touriga Nacional

Status: Still

Allergens: contains sulphites

Body Value: D (A is light, E is full bodied)

abv: 12.5%

Bottle size: 75cl

Winery information:

Although Churchill's is considered a baby of the Port trade both in scale and age having only been founded in 1981 it has its roots deeply imbedded into quality Port history. Indeed Johnny Graham's family used to own the famous Graham's Port until it was sold in 1970. He and his wife Caroline (maiden name Churchill) created the company when Johnny left a job at Taylor's where he had been in the winemaking team having spent the years before that working for Cockburns. In 2004 Churchill's began making table wine under the name Churchill Estates and the excellent wines are the result of some really hard work from Johnny Graham and his young team who had improved the vineyards at Gricha demonstrating the unique terroir and what it had to offer while also working with fruit from the Douro Superior. The renaissance of Douro wines continues to capture the imagination of much of the world's press and interested wine-lovers and Churchill's development in this area continues apace with the introduction of these new wines.

Vinification:

This wine is produced exclusively from Touriga Nacional grapes grown on the Company ́s Douro estate, Quinta da Gricha. The grapes are picked into small boxes of approx. 20 kilos and brought to the winery where they undergo a careful selection process before being crushed.

The vinification takes place in small stainless steel fermentation tanks. The grapes are fully destemmed and crushed. After 4 days of cold maceration the fermentation process follows under temperature controlled conditions. The juice is gently pumped over the skins during fermentation which is long and even ensuring good aromatic and poliphenolic extraction.

AGEING:  100% of this wine is aged for 12 months in 2nd and 3rd year French oak casks. It is fined and lightly filtered before bottling.  I would certainly suggest to decant  the wine before serving